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RULES 


THE  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE, 


REGULATIOxNS  OF  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 


CITY    OF    BOSTON 


BOSTON: 
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The  following  special  provisions  in  regard  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  School  Committee,  the  manner  in  which  they 
shall  be  chosen,  their  terms  of  service,  and  their  powers 
and  duties,  are  contained  in  the  City  Charter,  from  which 
the  following  Sections  are  copied  :  — 

"  Sect.  53.     The  School  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  Mayor  of  School  Com- 
the  city,  the  President  of  the  Common  Council,  and  of  the  persons 
hereinafter  mentioned.     A  majority  of  the  persons  duly  elected  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business;  and  at  all  meet- 
ings of  the  Board  the  Mayor,  if  present,  shall  preside. 

"  Sect.  54.     At  the  annual  election  next  after  the  passage  of  tliis  Election  of 

act,  the  qualified  voters  of  each  ward  shall  be  called  upon  to  give  in  ''"^''°°'  Com- 
.        '  ^  t  e>  nuttee. 

^  their  ballots  for  six  inhabitants  of  the  ward,  to  be  members  of  the 

»v'  School  Committee ;  and  the  two  persons  who  receive  the  higliest  num- 
Vj*  ber  of  votes,  or  in  case  more  than  two  receive  an  equal  number  of 
votes,  the  two  persons  who  are  senior  by  ago,  shall  hold  tlieir  office 
'   for  three  years  from  the  second  Monday  in  January  next  ensuing,  and 
^  the  next  two  persons  who  receive  the  highest  number  of  votes,  or  who 
,    are  senior  by  age  in  the  contingency  aforesaid,  shall  hold  their  office 
>•  for  two  years  from  said  date,  and  tlie  two  otlier  persons  shall  hold 
•^  their  office  for  one  year  from  said  date  ;  and  at  every  subsequent  an- 
nual election,  two  persons  shall  be  cliosen  in  each  ward,  to  be  mem- 
bers of  the  School  Committee  for  the  term  of  three  years. 

"  Sect.  65.     The  persons  so  cliosen  as  members  of  the  School  Com-  Orpmilzntlon 
mittee,  shall  meet  and  organize  on  the  second  Monday  of  January,  ut  ^  ^^^       *-om- 
^%^  sucli  hour  as  the  Mayor  may  appoint.     They  may  choose  a  secretary 
'^V  iind  such  subordinate  officers  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  and  shall 
define  tiieir  duties,  and  fix  their  respective  salaries. 


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SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 

"  Sect.  5G.  Tlic  said  Cummittee  sliall  have  tlie  care  and  manage- 
nu'iit  of  the  public  schools,  and  may  elect  all  such  instructors  as  they 
may  deem  projier,  and  remove  the  same  whenever  they  consider  it 
expedient.  And  generally  they  shall  have  all  the  powers  in  relation 
to  the  care  and  management  of  the  public  schools,  which  the  select- 
men of  towns  or  school  committees  arc  authorized  by  the  laws  of  this 
Commonwealth  to  exercise." 

"  Sect.  24.  The  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Common  Council,  and 
the  School  Committee,  shall  have  authority  to  decide  upon  all  ques- 
tions relative  to  the  qualifications,  elections,  and  returns  of  their 
respective  members." 

Vacaueics,  &c.  The  General  Statutes,  chapter  38,  contain  the  fol- 
lowing provisions  concerning  vacancies  in  School  Com- 
mittees :  — 


Elections. 


"  Section  17.  If  any  person  elected  a  member  of  the  School 
Committee,  after  being  duly  notified  of  his  election  in  the  manner  in 
which  town  officers  are  required  to  be  notified,  refuses  or  neglects  to 
accept  said  office,  or  if  any  member  of  the  board  declines  further 
service,  or,  from  change  of  residence  or  otherwise,  becomes  unable 
to  attend  to  the  duties  of  the  Board,  the  remaining  members  shall,  in 
writing,  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  or  to 
the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  city,  and  the  two  Boards  shall  there- 
upon, after  giving  public  notice  of  at  least  one  week,  proceed  to  fill 
such  vacancy;  and  a  majority  of  the  ballots  of  persons  entitled  to 
vote  shall  be  necessary  to  an  election. 

Sect.  18.  If  all  the  persons  elected  as  members  of  the  School 
Committee,  after  such  notice  of  their  election,  refuse  or  neglect  to 
accept  the  office,  or,  having  accepted,  afterwards  decline  further 
service,  or  become  unable  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  the  Board,  the 
selectmen  or  the  Mayor  and  aldermen  shall,  after  giving  like  public 
notice,  proceed  by  ballot  to  elect  a  new  Board,  and  the  votes  of  a 
majority  of  the  entire  board  of  selectmen,  or  of  the  Mayor  and 
Aldermen,  shall  be  necessary  to  an  election. 

Sect.  19.  The  term  of  service  of  every  member  elected  in  pur- 
suance of  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding  sections,  shall  end 
with  the  municipal  or  official  year  in  which  he  is  chosen  ;  and  if  the 
vacancy  which  he  was  elected  to  fill  was  for  a  longer  period,  it  shall, 
at  the  first  annual  election  after  the  occurrence  of  the  vacancy,  be 
filled  in  the  manner  prescribed  for  original  elections  of  the  School 
Committee. 


RULES 


BOARD  OF  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 


CHAPTER    I. 

Organizatlun  of  the  Board. 
Section  1.     At  all  meetings  of  the  Board  of  School  oruanizatioii  of 

the  BoarU. 

Committee,  the  Mayor,  styled  President,  shall  preside  ; 
in  his  absence,  the  President  of  tiie  Conimon  Council 
shall  preside  ;  and  in  the  absence  of  both  the  Mayor 
and  President  of  the  Common  Council,  a  President  pro 
tempore  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot. 

Sect.  2.  At  the  first  meeting  in  each  year,  the 
Board  shall  elect  a  Secretary  by  ballot,  and  fix  his 
salary  for  the  ensuing  year ;  and  the  President  shall 
appoint,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board,  the  fol- 
lowing; Standinc:  Committees  of  five  members  each,  viz  : 

'^     ^  _      ®  .  StaiKllngCom- 

1.  On  Elections  ;  —  1.  On  Rules  and  Regulations  ;  —  mituis. 
3.  On  Accounts; —  4.  On  Schoolhouses  ;  —  5.  On 
Salaries  ;  —  6.  On  Text-Books  ;  —  7.  On  Music  ;  —  8. 
On  Printing  ;  —  *  and  the  following,  of  thirteen  members 
each,  one  member  to  be  selected  from  each  of  the  twelve 
wards  of  the  city,  viz  :  1.  On  the  Latin  School ;  —  2. 
On  the  English  High  School ;  — 3.  On  the  Girls'  High 
and  Normal  School. 

Sect.   3.     For  convenience  in  the  management  of  the  ut.trirtii. 
Grammar  and  Primary  Schools,  the  city  shall  be  divided 
into  as  many  Districts  as  it  has  Grammar  Schools  ;  each 
District  shall  take  its  name  from  the  Granunar  School 

•  See  nolo  on  pnge  14. 


g  RULES.  [Chap.  I. 

i>iHfriot  Com-  within  Its  boundarles  ;  the  President  shall  appoint,  at  the 
first  meeting  of  the  Board  In  each  year,  and  subject  to 
its  approval,  a  Standing  Committee  on  each  District, 
whose  number,  in  each  case,  shall  be  proportionate  to 
the  number  of  schools  in  the  District. 
Chairmen  of  Sect.  4.     The  member  first  named  on  any  commit- 

tees, tee,  shall    be    the  chairman    thereof;    except    that  the 

Committee  on  tlie  Latin  School,  on  the  English  High 
School,  on  the  Girls'  High  and   Normal    School,  and 
each  District  Committee,  shall  respectively  elect  its  owti 
chairman. 
Annual  and  Sect.  5.     The  Board  shall  hold  its  annual  meeting 

quarterly  meet-  ,  . 

inga.  for  the  election  of  teachers  on  the  second  Tuesday  m 

June,  and  three  other  stated  quarterly  meetings  on  the 
second  Tuesday  in  March,  September,  and  December, 
at  seven  and  a  half  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at  such  place  as  the 
President  may  appoint ;  and  the  Board  may  hold  special 
meetings  whenever  they  are  deemed  necessary. 

Quorum.  Sect.  6.     For  a  quorum,   a  majority  of  the  Board 

must  be  present ;  but  a  less  number  may  vote  to  send 
for  absent  members,  and  to  adjourn.  Whenever  the 
Board  is  obliged  to  wait,  after  the  hour  appointed  for 
the  meeting,  for  a  quorum  to  begin  business,  or  when- 
ever it  has  to  suspend  business  and  adjourn  for  want  of 
a  quorum,  the  roll  shall  be  called  and  the  names  of  the 
absentees  recorded  by  the  Secretary. 

Vacancies  in  Sect.  7.     Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  this  Board, 

the  Board. 

a  Committee  shall  be  appointed,  consisting  of  three  mem- 
bers from  the  ward  in  which  the  vacancy  exists,  and  two 
at  large,  who  shall  consult  with  the  Aldermen  of  said 
ward,  or  with  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
in  case  the  ward  is  not  represented  in  that  branch,  and 
report  to  this  Board,  on  or  before  the  day  of  election,  the 
name  of  a  suitable  candidate  to  fill  said  vacancy. 


Chap.  II.]  RULES. 


CHAPTER   II. 

Powers  and  Duties  of  the  P resident. 
Section  1.     The  President  shall  take  the  chair  pre- oponin?  of 

1  11  •  1  n         ^  •  pir»i     fncctings. 

cisely  at  tlic  hour  appointed  tor  tlie  nicetnij^  ot  thclioard, 
and  shall  call  the  nicnihcrs  to  order,  and,  on  the  appear- 
ance of  a  f(uoruni,  he  shall  cause  the  records  of  the  la.-^t 
meeting  to  be  read,  and  siiall  proceed  to  business  in  tli(> 
following  order,  and  shall  not  dc[)art  from  it  unless 
authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  Board. 

1.  Papers  from  the  City  Council  :  Oninrof 

llMBilU'RS. 

2.  Unfinished  business  of  preccdnig  mcetuigs  ; 

3.  Nomination  and  Confirmation  of  Teachers  ; 

4.  Keports  of  Committees  ; 

5.  Motions,  Orders,  Resolutions,  IVtitions,  t^c. 

The  Nomination  and    Coniirmation  of  Teachers   shall 
be  called  for  in  the  order  of  the  districts. 

Sect.  2.  The  President  slmll  [ircscrve  order  iind  Dutnsoftiic 
decorum  m  the  meetmgs  ;  he  may  speak  to  pomts  ot 
order  in  preference  to  other  members,  and  shall  decide 
all  questions  of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Board, 
on  motion  of  any  member  regularly  seconded,  and  no 
other  business  shall  be  in  order  till  the  rpicstion  on  the 
appeal  shall  have  been  decided. 

Skct.  3.      When  two  or  more  members  rise  to  s])oak  s.mic. 
at  the  same  time,  the  President   shall  name  the  nu-inber 
who  may  speak  first. 

Sect.  4.      lie  shall  rise  to  addrcs.s  the  IJoard,  and  to  snmo. 
put  a  question,  but  may  read  sitting.      He  siiall  declare 
all  votes;  but  if  any  member  doul)t  the  vote,  tl»c  Presi- 
dent, without  debate,  shall   rccpiire   the   nicinbers  voting 


KULES. 


[CHA1>.   II. 


Committee  of 
the  Whole. 


Motions. 


to  rise  sind  stand  until   they   are  counted,  and   he  shall 
declare  the  result. 

Sect.  5.  The  President  shall  appoint  the  chairman 
when  the  Board  goes  into  Committee  of  the  Whole ;  at 
any  other  time  he  may  call  any  member  to  the  chair, 
but  such  substitution  shall  not  continue  longer  than  one 
meeting.  He  may  express  his  opinion  on  any  subject 
under  debate  ;  but  in  such  case,  he  shall  leave  the  cliair, 
and  shall  not  resume  it  while  the  same  question  is  pend- 
ing ;  but  he  may  state  facts,  and  give  his  opinion  on 
questions  of  order,  without  leaving  his  place. 
Yeas  imd  nays.  Sect.  G.  The  President  shall  take  the  sense  of  the 
Board  by  Yeas  and  Nays,  whenever  one  fifth  of  the  mem- 
bers present  sustain  a  motion  therefor. 

Sect.  7.  All  questions  shall  be  propounded  by  the 
President  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  moved,  unless 
the  subsequent  motion  shall  be  previous  in  its  rature  ; 
except  that  in  naming  sums  and  fixing  times,  the  largest 
sum  and  the  longest  time  shall  be  put  first.  After  a 
motion  is  seconded,  and  stated  by  the  President,  it  shall 
be  disposed  of  by  vote  of  the  Board,  unless  the  mover 
Avithdraw  it  before  a  decision  or  an  amendment. 

Sect.  8.  The  President  shall  consider  a  motion  to 
adjourn  as  always  in  order,  except  when  a  member  has 
the  floor,  or  when  a  question  has  been  put  and  not  de- 
cided ;  and  motions  to  adjourn,  to  lay  upon  the  table, 
to  take  from  the  table,  and  for  the  previous  question, 
shall  be  decided  without  debate.  Any  member  who 
moves  to  adjourn  to  a  day  certain,  shall  assign  his 
reasons  for  so  doing. 

Sect.  9.  He  shall  put  the  previous  question  in  the 
following  form  :  "  Shall  the  main  question  be  now  put?" 
and  all  debate  shall  be  suspended  until  the  previous  ques- 
tion shall  have  been  decided.     The  adoption  of  the  previ- 


Motion  to 
adjourn. 


PrcriouB  ques- 
ti*n. 


Chap.  III.]  RULES.  9 

ous  question  shall  put  an  end  to  all  debate,  to  bring  the 
Board  to  a  direct  vote  upon  pending  amendments,  if  any, 
in  their  regular  order,  and  then  upun  tlie  main  question. 

Sect.  10.     Whenever   in   his  opinion  it  is  necessary,  Ca"  of  "pociai 
the  1  resident  may,  and   at  the  written  request  of  any 
five    members,  he  shall   call    a  special  meeting  of   the 
Ijoard ;  but  no  meeting  of  the  Board  shall  be  called  on 
shorter  notice  than  twenty- four  hours. 

Sect.  11.     All    Committees  shall  be  nominated  by  Appointmentof 

couiiuitu.'cs. 

the  President,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Board. 


CHAPTER    III. 

Rights  and  Duties  of  Members. 
Sectiox  1.     When  any  member  is  about  to  speak  in  Duties  of  mom 

,    ,  1        -rt  1     1  I      11  bora  in  debate. 

debate,  or  to  present  any  matter  to  the  Board,  he  shall 
rise  in  his  place,  and  respectfully  address  the  President; 
shall  confine  himself  to  the  question  under  debate,  and 
avoid  personality.  No  member  in  debate  shall  mention 
another  by  his  name,  but  may  describe  him  by  the  ward 
he  represents,  the  place  he  sits  in,  or  such  other  designa- 
tion as  may  be  intelligible  and  respectful. 

Sect.  2.  No  member  while  speaking  shall  be  Inter- Ciui  to  order. 
ru[)ted  by  another,  but  by  rising  to  call  to  order,  or  to 
correct  a  mistake.  But  if  any  member,  in  speaking  or 
otherwise,  transgress  the  rules  of  the  Board,  the  Presi- 
dent shall,  or  any  member  7rmij,  call  him  to  order  ;  in 
which  case  the  member  so  called  to  order  shall  imine- 
dlately  sit  down,  unless  permitted  to  explain  ;  and  the 
Board,  if  a[)pealed  to,  shall  decide  on  the  case,  but  with- 
out debate. 

Sect.  3,      W  the  l)()ard   .^liall  dt'terniine   that  a  nieni- violation  of 
ber  has  violated  any  of  its  Kules,  he  shall  not  be  allowed 
B 


10 


RULES. 


[Chap.  Ill 


Kuica  of  debate, 


Motions. 


Order  of  mo- 
tiuiiB. 


Keconsidera- 
tion. 


Members  to 
vote. 


Di\i.sion  of  a 
question. 


Reading;  of  a 
papvr,  when 
called  for. 


Suspension  of 
Kulcs. 


to  speak  unless  hy  way  of  excuse  for  the  same,  until  he 
shall  have  made  satisfaction  tiierefor. 

Sect.  4.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice 
to  the  same  question,  without  leave  of  the  Board ;  nor 
more  than  once  until  all  other  members  choosing  to 
speak  shall  have  spoken. 

Sect.  5.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  by  the  Board 
unless  seconded.  Every  motion  shall  be  submitted  in 
writing,  if  the  President  direct,  or  any  other  member  of 
the  Board  request  it. 

Sect.  6.  When  a  question  is  under  debate,  no  mo- 
tion shall  be  received  but  to  adjourn  ;  to  lay  on  the  table  ; 
for  the  previous  question  ;  to  postpone  to  a  day  certain  ; 
to  commit ;  to  amend  ;  or  to  postpone  indefinitely  ;  which 
several  motions  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  above 
stated. 

Sect.  7.  When  a  question  has  once  been  decided, 
any  member  voting  in  the  majority  may  move  a  recon- 
sideration; such  motion,  if  made  at  the  same  meeting 
with  the  decision,  shall  prevail  if  a  majority  of  the  mem- 
bers present  sustain  it ;  but  if  made  at  the  subsequent 
meeting,  it  shall  not  prevail  unless  a  majority  of  the 
whole  Board  vote  for  it ;  and  only  one  motion  for  the  re- 
consideration of  any  vote  shall  be  permitted. 

Sect.  8.  Every  member  present  when  a  question  is 
put,  shall  give  his  vote  unless  excused  by  the  Board. 

Sect.  9.  All  motions  and  reports  may  be  committed 
and  recommitted  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 

Sect.  10.  The  division  of  a  question  may  be  called 
for,  when  the  sense  will  admit  of  it. 

Sect.  11.  When  the  reading  of  a  paper  is  called  for, 
and  the  same  is  objected  to  by  any  member,  it  shall  be 
determined  by  a  vote  of  the  Board. 

Sect.  12.     The  consent  of  three  foiirths  of  the  mem- 


Chap.  IV.]  RULES.  1 1 

bers  present  at  any  meeting  shall  be  reffuisite  for  the  sus- 
pension of  any  standing  Kule  of  the  Board,  or  Kcgula- 
tion  of  the  Schools,  unless  the  proposal  for  the  same 
shall  have  lain  upon  the  table  for  at  least  one  week. 

Sect.  13.  Whenever  any  proposition  is  submitted  nei^ai  or 
by  a  member  to  amend  or  repeal  any  Rule  of  the  Board,  liuica. 
or  involving  the  amendment  or  repeal  of  any  liegulation 
of  the  Public  Schools,  said  proposition,  before  any  action 
thereon,  shall  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  and 
Regulations,  or  to  such  other  committee,  standing  or 
special,  as  the  Board  may  designate,  who  shall  report 
thereupon,  in  writing,  and  said  report,  together  with  such 
recommendations  or  orders  as  may  be  therein  contained, 
shall  be  open  to  immediate  consideration  and  action. 


CHAPTER    IV. 

Dudes  of  Standing  Committees. 
Section  1 .     Immediately  after  the  appointment  of  the  committ<?e  on 

c^         I-         /^  '  1  .  p  .        .  Elections. 

btandmg  Committees,  at  the  meeting  tor  organization, 
the  Committee  on  Elections  shall  receive  the  certificates 
of  election  of  the  memljcrs,  and  examine  them,  and  report 
the  result  of  their  examination  without  any  unnecessary 
delay.  Whenever  any  person  shall  be  elected  to  fill  any 
vacancy  that  may  have  occurred  in  the  Board,  this  Com- 
mittee shall  examine  his  certificate  of  election,  and  re- 
j)ort  as  above  provided,  and  said  committee  shall  hear 
and  report  on  all  cases  of  contested  elections. 

Sect.  2.     The  Committee  on  Rules  and  Regulations  rommittoo  on 

,      ,,  ,  .  „    ,  ...  ..  Kujir*  ftud  Krg 

shall    take  into  carerul  consideration  every  proposition  uiaUon». 
presented  to  the  Board,  to  repeal  or  to  amend  any  Rule 
or  Regulation,  whenever  the  same  shall   be  referred  to  • 
them,  and  ^hall  report  In  writing,  stating  their  reaaonsj 
for  or  against  the  proposed  alteration. 


22  RULES.  [Chap.  IV. 

committofi  on        Sect.  3.     Whcncvcr  any  proposition  is  submitted  to 

AccouutH.  .  1    .  1  r  n 

this  Board,  involving  the  payment  oi  money  tor  any 
other  purpose  than  the  payment  of  salaries,  or  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  school,  such  proposition  shall  not  be 
acted  upon  before  it  has  been  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  accounts.  Said  Committee  shall  have  power  to 
authorize  the  purchase  of  all  stationery,  record  books, 
and  blanks  for  the  use  of  the  schools,  and  a  further  sup- 
ply, when  called  for,  of  any  apparatus,  globes,  maps,  or 
books  of  reference,  or  other  conveniences,  which  this 
Board  may  have  authorized  the  use  of  as  means  of  illus- 
trating the  studies  of  the  school.  No  Sub-Committee, 
nor  any  other  persons  connected  with  this  Board,  shall 
expend  any  money  for  these  supplies,  without  authority 
from  this  Committee,  and  no  bills  for  such  expenditures 
shall  be  paid  without  the  signature  of  the  Chairman  of 
this  Committee  in  approval.  Said  Committee  are  author- 
ized, on  behalf  of  this  Board,  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  the  statute  of  the  Commonwealth  for  furnishing  books 
to  indigent  children  and  others,  and  to  present  an  esti- 
mate of  the  expenses  of  the  Public  Schools  to  the  City 
Auditor  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February  annually.* 
Mover  of  a  mo-       Sect.  4.     Whenever  a  motion,  order,  or  resolution 

tion,  &c.,  to  be  ,  ^-^       . 

iiotiiiedofthe    shall  be  referred  to  a  Committee,  the   Chairman  of  the 

time  of  its  con-    /^  •  ■,     ^^  i  i  /v     •  i 

eideration.  Committee  shall  cause  the  member  otiering  the  motion, 
order,  or  resolution,  to  be  notified  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Board,  or  otherwise,  of  the  time  when  the  subject 
will  be  considered. 

Committee  on        Sect.  5.     Whenever  any  application   shall  be  made 

SchooluouseB.  .<      i  i 

for  the  erection  or  alteration  of  a  schoolhouse,  such  ap- 
plication shall  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  School- 

*  The  School  Committee  shall  present  to  the  Auditor,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  February  in  each  year,  an  estimate,  in  writing,  of  the  expenses  of  tlie 
public  schools  for  the  next  financial  year,  stating  tlie  amount  required  for  sal- 
aries, for  incidental  expenses,  and  for  the  alteration,  repair,  and  erection  of 
schoolhouse?.    [City  Ordinance,  December  18,  1855,  sect.  2.] 


Chap.  IV.]  EULES.  13 

houses,  who  shall  consider  the  same,  and  shall  consult 

with  the  District  Committee  who  may  have  charge  of"  tiie 

school  or  schools  to  be  accommodated,  and   shall   report 

to  this  Board,  in  writing,  such  recommendations  in  each 

case  as  they  may  deem  expedient.     It  shall, also  be  the 

duty   of  the   Committee  on  Schoolhouses  to  exercise  a  Wnnnin?  and 

general  supervision  over  tlie  warming  and  ventihition  or  bchooihouBes. 

the  several  schoolhouses  throughout  the  year. 

Sect.  6.     AVhenever  any  proposition  i^*  submitted  to  Coniinittce on 

Sularic'8. 

this  Board  to  extend  the  salary  of  any  teacher  beyond 
the  time  of  actual  service,  or  to  change  the  regular 
salary  of  a  teacher  in  any  respect,  or  to  pay  for  any 
extra  service  in  teaching,  sucJi  proposition  shall  not  be 
acted  upon  before  it  has  been  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Salaries,  who  shall  report,  in  writing,  such  recom- 
mendations as  they  may  deem  expedient. 

Sect.  7.      The    Committee    on    Text-Books,    when  committee  on 

Text- Books. 

they  think  favorably  of  any  application  made  by  any 
author  or  publisher  to  introduce  any  new  text-book 
into  the  Public  Schools,  shall  give  early  notice  thereof 
to  the  Board,  and  see  that  sucli  author  or  publisher 
furnish  every  member  of  the  Board  with  a  copy  of  such 
text-book  for  examination,  as  a  condition  of  its  being 
presented  to  thcin  for  acceptance ;  and  said  Commit- 
tee shall  fully  consider  such  application,  examine  thor- 
oughly such  text-book,  and  at  such  time  as  they  may  bo 
prepared,  within  three  mouths  from  tlie  date  of  the  ap- 
j)lication,  they  shall  make  a  written  report  to  the  Uoard, 
settinjx  forth  the  reasons  for  or  against  tlie  introchictiou 
of  said  text-book  into  the  Public  Schools.  In  the  iiiontli 
of  May  J,  annually,  this  Committee  shall  examine  the 
course  of  studies  prescribed  for  the  schools,  and  shall 
recommend  to  the  Board,  at  the  quarterly  meeting  in 
June,  such   iiii[)iovements  in  the  course  of  instruction, 


14 


RULES. 


[Chap.  IV. 


Introduction  of 
new  buukB. 


Committee  on 
Music. 


and  such  changes  in  the  books  used  in  the  schools,  as 
they  may  deem  expedient. 

Skct.  8.  Whenever  any  new  text-book  is  adopted 
by  the  Board,  it  shall  be  on  the  condition  that  the  pub- 
lisher will  furnish  copies  to  the  pupils  of  the  Public 
Schools  at  such  reduction  from  the  wholesale  price  as 
shall  be  agreed  upon  by  this  Board ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Committee  on  Text-Books  to  see  that  this 
condition  is  fulfilled,  and  that  said  book  comes  into  use 
at  the  commencement  of  the  Public  Schools  after  the 
August  vacation,  at  which  time  only  shall  any  new  text- 
book be  introduced. 

Sect.  9.  The  Committee  on  Music  shall  exercise 
a  general  supervision  over  this  department  of  Public 
Instruction  in  all  the  schools.  They  shall  appoint, 
and  nominate  to  the  Board  for  confirmation,  suitably 
qualified    persons    as  Teachers  of  Music;*   they  shall 


*  Ordered  .•  That,  in  addition  to  tlie  teachers  of  music  in  the  Grammar 
Schools,  the  Committee  on  Music  be  authorized  to  nominate  to  this  Board 
for  contirmation,  a  suitably  qualified  person  as  instructor  in  Music  in  the 
Primary  Schools,  with  a  salary  not  exceeding  twelve  hundred  dollars  per 
annum.    (Passed  June  21,  1804.) 

At  a  meeting  of  the  School  Committee,  Dec.  27,  1864,  the  following  orders 
were  passed :  — 

Ordered  .•  That  a  standing  Committee  of  five  on  Gymnastics  and  Military 
Drill  be  hereafter  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  enforce  the  regulations 
upon  this  subject  and  superintend  this  branch  of  instruction,  making  from 
time  to  time  such  recommendations  to  the  General  Committee  as  they  shall 
find  expedient. 

Ordered:  That  said  Committee  be  authorized  forthwith  to  employ  an  In- 
structor in  vocal  and  physical  gymnastics,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  attend  the  schools  at 
such  times  and  for  so  much  of  the  time  as  the  Committee  shall  deem  necessary, 
upon  consultation  with  him  and  the  District  Committees,  for  the  purpose  of 
instructing  in  gymnastic  exercises,  both  vocal  and  physical,  and  of  securing  the 
careful  and  regular  performance  of  those  exercises  at  such  hours  as  may  be 
convenient,  provided  that  not  loss  than  twenty  minutes  per  day  shall  be  de- 
voted to  this  purpose  in  any  grammar  school,  and  not  less  than  thirty  minutes 
in  any  primary  school,  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  recess. 

Ordered  .-  That  tlie  said  Committee,  upon  consultation  with  the  District 
Committees,  be  also  authorized  to  arrange  the  Grammar  Schools  containing 


Chap.  IV.]  RULES.  |5 

make  examinations  of  each  Grammar  School  in  music, 
at  least  once  in  six  months,  and  submit  a  written  report 
thereupon  semi-annually  at  the  quarterly  meeting  in 
March  and  in  September. 

Sect.  10.  The  Committee  on  Printing  shall  exercise  committee- on 
a  general  supervision  in  relation  to  all  printing  which  '  "'"'' 
may  be  required  by  the  Board,  or  for  any  of  the  Schools 
imder  its  charge ;  and  no  bill  for  printing,  of  any  kind, 
shall  be  paid  without  the  signature  of  the  Chairman  of 
this  Committee,  in  approval.  Said  Committee  shall 
submit  to  this  Board,  at  the  quarterly  meeting  in  Marcii, 
a  detailed  account  of  all  expenditures  for  printing  during 
the  year  preceding. 

Sect.  11.  The  Committees  on  the  Latin  School,  the  committ.ps  on 
English  High  School,  and  the  Girls'  High  and  Xormal  '"' 
School  in  all  matters  relating  to  said  schools  and  the 
appointment  of  teachers  therein,  shall  respectively  ob- 
serve the  same  rules,  and  perform  the  same  duties,  so  far 
as  applicable,  as  are  hereinafter  prescribed  for  the  several 
District  Committees  in  relation  to  the  Grammar  Schools 
under  their  charge ;  and  at  meetings  for  the  transaction 
of  business,  five  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Sect.  12.     The  member  first  named  on  each  District  orjjnnizntion  of 
Connnittee  shall  call  a  meeting  of  said  Committee  within  ,„ittoc'g. 
ten  days  after  its  appointment.     It  shall  organize  by  the 
choice,  from  among  its  own  members,  of  a  Chairman 
and   Secretary,  notice  of  whose  election  shall  l)e  innuc- 

inale  pupils  into  groups,  so  that  the  boys  of  suflicicnt  size  to  drill  with  arms, 
iiml  In  numbiT  Kufflciont  to  form  a  mllitiiry  company,  may  be  inHtriictcd  to- 
i,'('Mier  in  military  drill,  by  a  suitable  instructor,  to  be  cm])loyt'd  by  the  Com- 
mittee ;  tlint  tlicse  companies  be  united  into  a  lnrf,'er  or^^anizalion,  as  tlic  Com- 
mittee slinll  find  expedient  ;  niid  lluit  suitable  placoH  iind  arms  l)e  provided  by 
tbe  Committee  ;  the  hours  of  drill  not  to  exceed  two  per  week,  except  volun- 
tary drills  out  of  school  liourH;  and  no  expenditure  exeetHiiug  fifteen  Imndrcd 
dollars  per  annum  to  be  inciuTed  for  these  purposes  without  tlie  prior  autliority 
of  the  whole  Board, 


16 


RULES. 


[CiiAr.  IV. 


Putips  of  Dia- 
trict  Comniit- 

tOl'8, 

Classification 
of  pupils. 


Care  of  Pri- 
mary Schools. 


Additional  Pri- 
mary Schools. 


Quarterly  ex- 
auiiuatious. 


(1  lately  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  School  Board.  It 
Bhall  keep  a  record  of  its  proceedings,  and  all  its  official 
acts  sliall  be  done  in  meetings  duly  called,  at  not  less 
than  twenty-four  hours'  notice,  and,  when  reported  to 
the  Board,  shall  be  submitted  in  writing. 

Sect.  13.  Each  District  Committee  shall  have  charge 
of  the  Grammar  Schools  and  the  Primaiy  Schools  in  the 
District,  and  may  arrange  the  studies  and  classify  the 
pupils  in  the  latter  in  such  a  manner  as  they  may  con- 
sider most  advantageous  to  the  schools.  Within  ten 
days  after  its  appointment,  each  District  Committee  shall 
divide  itself  into  a  suitable  number  of  Sub-Committees, 
for  the  Primary  Schools  in  its  District.  Said  Committee 
shall  then  divide  the  Primary  Schools  in  the  District 
into  as  many  divisions  as  there  may  be  Sub-Committees, 
and  sliall  assign  each  division  to  a  Sub-Committee,  who 
shall  have  the  special  charge  of  the  schools  in  such  di- 
vision ;  shall  visit  each  of  them  as  often  as  once  in  each 
month  ;  shall  examine  them  quarterly  ;  and  shall  report, 
in  writing,  their  standing  and  progress,  to  the  Chairman 
of  the  District  Committee,  at  least  one  week  previous  to 
each  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board.  Each  Sub-Com- 
mittee shall  refer  all  matters  of  importance  pertaining  to 
the  schools  under  its  care,  to  the  District  Committee,  for 
consideration  and  action. 

Sect.  14.  "Whenever  any  District  Committee  shall 
deem  an  additional  Primary  School  necessary  for  the 
proper  a<^commodation  of  the  children  under  their  care, 
they  shall  state  the  facts  in  the  case  to  the  Board,  in 
■writing,  which  communication  shall  be  refei-red  to  the 
Committee  on  Schoolhouses,  who  shall  consider  and 
report  on  the  same  before  the  Board  shall  take  final 
action  on  the  subject. 

Sect.  15.     The   District   Committee   shall   examine 


CuAP.  IV.]  RULES.  17 

the  Grammar  Schools  hi  their  respective  Districts  at 
least  once  in  each  (iuartcr ;  and  shall  vi.sit  them  nut 
less  than  once  each  month,  without  giving  [)rcvioiis 
notice  to  the  instructors;  and  shall,  at  each  quarterly 
meeting  of  the  Board,  make  a  report  in  writing,  giving 
the  results  of  their  examinations  and  visits,  together 
with  the  results  of  the  examination  by  the  Sub-Conunit- 
tees  of  the  several  Primary  Schools  under  their  charge  ; 
also  stating  any  occurrences  affecting  the  standing  and 
usefulness  of  the  schools,  and  mentioning  the  condition 
of  the  schoolhouses  and  yards  and  out-buildings  con- 
nected therewith.  They  shall  also  state  in  their  reports 
whether  the  rule  relating  to  the  infliction  of  corporal 
punishment  has  been  complied  with ;  and  the  names  of 
all  children  admitted  to  the  schools  under  their  charge 
who  do  not  reside  in  the  city,  and  the  reasons  for  their 
admission. 

Sect.  16.  At  each  quarterly  meeting,  the  Chairman  Qunrtoriy  ro- 
of each  District  Committee,  or  any  member  thereof  who 
may  be  present,  shall  be  called  upon  for  a  r(.'[)ort  on  the 
condition  of  the  schools  in  the  District ;  and  in  case  of 
omission  to  make  it,  the  Hoard  shall  pass  a  vote,  enjoin- 
ing the  delinquent  Committee  to  proceed  without  delay 
to  the  performance  of  their  duty,  and  shall  adjourn  to 
receive  their  report. 

Sect.  17.     The  District  Connnittce  shall    determine  Mc.ini»  an.i 

.1)1  1  ^  .  ^1  II  1  ccrtillo-atos. 

on  the  scliolars  who  are  to  receive  the  medals  and  cer- 
tificates of  merit  in  their  respective  schools,  and  return 
the  names  to  the  Secretary,  at  least  four  days  previous 
to  the  aiHUial  cxhil)ili()n.  It  shall  also  be  their  duty, 
on  the  day  of  exiiibition,  to  present  the  medals  and  certi- 
ficates to  the  pupils  to  whom  they  have  been  awarded. 
The  number  of  medals  and  certilicates  of  merit  to  be 
awarded  in  each  school,  shall  be  based  iqxin  the  avi'r- 
o 


13  RULES.  [Chap.  IV. 

af^e  number  of  pupils  belonging  to  the  school  during 
the  school  year.  Each  school  shall  be  entitled  to  one 
inedal  and  one  of  each  of  the  certificates  of  merit  for 
every  sixty  scholars ;  and  an  additional  medal  may  be 
awarded  in  any  Grammar  School  in  which  a  majority 
fraction  occurs,  if  the  District  Committee  deem  it  expe- 
dient. But,  in  any  school  where  the  number  of  scholars 
in  the  first  class  is  comparatively  small,  the  number  of 
medals  awarded  shall  be  proportionably  less ;  and  it 
shall  never  exceed  one  third  of  the  number  of  candi- 
dates examined,  nor  shall  any  pupil  be  promoted  for  the 
purpose  of  increasing  the  number  of  candidates.  In  any 
school  where  there  are  no  scholars  much  advanced  in 
improvement,  no  medal  shall  be  awarded.  General 
scholarship,  and  more  especially  good  conduct,  shall  be 
taken  into  consideration  in  awarding  the  medals  and 
certificates  ;  and  in  order  that  a  just  assignment  may  be 
made,  the  District  Committee  shall  critically  examine  the 
candidates,  and  inspect  the  school  records  of  their  standing. 
Pupils  to  attend      Sect.  18.     No  pupil  shall  be  admitted  to  or  retained 

school  in  Sec-      ^  ^ 

tion  where  they  in  any  school,  cxcept  that  for  the  Section  in  which  such 

reside,  .,  .  . 

pupil  resides,  without  the  written  consent  of  the  District 
Committee,  both  of  the   school  to  which  the  pupil  be- 
longs, and  of  that  where  he  seeks*  to  be  admitted  or 
retained. 
Teacher  of  Sect.  19.     Instruction  shall  be  siven  in  Sewing  to 

Sewing.  _       _  ^  ^ 

all  the  pupils  in  the  fourth  class  in  each  of  the  Grammar 
Schools  for  girls,  except  whenever  in  the  judgment  of 
the  District  Committee  it  will  be  for  the  interest  of  the 
school  to  omit  such  instruction,  in  which  case  the  Dis- 
trict Committee  shall  apply  to  this  Board  for  authority 
to  suspend  the  action  of  this  rule  in  that  school.  The 
District  Committee  of  each  school  in  which  such  instruc- 
tion shall  be  given  shall  nominate   to  this  Board,  for 


Chap.  IV.]  RULES.  .        19 

confirmation,  some  qualified  person  as  Teacher  of  Sew- 
ing, who  shall  give  to  each  pupil  two  lessons  of  not  less 
than  one  hour  each,  every  week. 

Sect.  20.     Whenever    anv   new    teacher,    except  a  E-taminaUon  of 

.    .  ^  .       .  .  teachers. 

master,  is,  in  the  opinion  of  the  District  Committee, 
needed  for  any  school  under  their  charge,  said  Commit- 
tee shall,  hcforc  making  any  appointment,  examine  the 
candidates  in  the  manner  required  by  law,  and  with 
special  reference  to  the  place  which  is  then  to  be  filled  ; 
and  also  as  to  their  competency  to  teach  the  elements  of 
articulation,  of  music  and  drawing  ;  and  in  regard  to 
teachers  in  the  Grammar  Schools,  they  shall  consult 
with  the  master  in  whose  school  such  teacher  is  to  be 
appointed.*     And  the  same  course  shall  be  pursued  in  Toachor* ad- 

^  ^  _  '  vaiKvd  to 

all  cases  where  it  is  proposed  to  transfer  or  to  advance  anoth.r i^rado 

to  be  examiucd. 

a  teacher  from  one  grade  of  sohool  to  another.  Teachers 
so  appointed  shall  be  nominated  by  the  District  Com- 
mittees, to  this  Board,  for  confirmation,  and  they  shall 
be  considered  entitled  to  the  established  salary  from  the 
time  of  their  entering  upon  their  duties.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  give  immediate  information 
of  such  appointment  to  the  City  Auditor.     Reappointed  Reappointed 

,  .  ,  .  ('      1  •        Ti  1        1      1 1  1    teai-luTs  to  IMS 

mcumbents    m    the    service   ot    this    lioard    shall    rank  ..onsi.i.nd as 
as   new    teachers,    and   begin  with   the   salary  of  such  ^^^ 
teachers. 

Shot.  21.     When,  .at  any  examination  for  assistant  Namm of  woii- 

(|imUl]f(l  OJiiull- 

tcaclicrs,  a  larger  number  of  candidates  are  found  qual- .latch at <xnm- 

.  ,  .  .       ,  ,,,,       ...  .  .     iiintloiii*  to  be 

ified  than  is  rc(|uired  to  nil   the  existing   vacancies,   it  ,,r.„rv.Mi. 


•The  School  Committee,  unless  the  town  at  its  annual  meelinK  (Icterniinijj 
tliat  the  duty  may  be  performed  by  the  I'nid<  iitial  Committee,  ^'hull  nelect 
and  contract  with  the  teachers  of  the  p\iblic  schooU;  shall  re<|ulre  full  and 
satisfactory  evidence  of  the  jjood  moral  character  of  all  instructors  who  may 
be  employed;  and  shall  ascertain,  \w  personal  examination,  their  <|uallllca- 
.lons  for  teacliing  and  capacity  for  the  government  of  schools.  (G«sii.  Stat. 
Ch.  38,  $  23.) 


20  RULES.  [Chap.  IV. 

shall  be  tlie  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  District  Com- 
mittee making  the  examination,  to  keep  a  record  of  the 
names  of  such  well-qualified  candidates  as  the  said  Com- 
mittee may  direct,  and  to  deposit  such  record  with  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Schools.  This  record  shall 
give  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  said  candidates,  and 
such  information  in  regard  to  their  qualifications,  wheth- 
er for  Grammar  or  Primary  Schools,  as  the  said  Com- 
mittee may  direct.  And  any  District  Committee  may 
elect  Assistants  for  the  Grammar  Schools,  or  Primary 
School  Teachers,  from  the  candidates  so  recommended, 
with  or  without  a  new  examination,  at  the  option  of 
said  Committee. 
Canvassing  the       Sect.  22.     In    the    month    of   JNIay,    annually,    the 

listBofteachers.  •'  _  _ 

Committee  on  the  Latin  School,  the  English  High 
School,  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School,  and  each 
District  Committee,  in  a  meeting  regularly  called,  shall 
canvass  the  list  of  teachers  in  their  District,  and,  after 
consultation  with  the  master,  they  shall  decide  upon  the 
Nomination  of  pcrsous  whom  they  w 1 11  recommend  for  re-election,  and 
election.  sald  Committee  shall,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  June  for 

the  election  of  teachers,  nominate  the  persons  thus  ap- 
proved, who  shall  be  considered  the  regular  candidates 
for  their  respective  offices.  And  in  case  any  Committee 
have  decided  not  to  nominate  any  teacher  for  re-election, 
they  may,  if  a  majority  of  said  Committee  deem  It  ex- 
pedient, give  notice  of  their  Intention,  to  said  teacher, 
before  the  annual  election. 
District  Com-        g  gS.     The  District  Committee  shall  give  their 

mittecs  sliall  o 

give  advice  to    advIcc  to   the   Instructors  in   any  emergency ;  and  take 

instructors,  &c.  ''  o         ./ 

cognizance  of  any  difficulty  which  may  have  occurred 
between  the  Instructors  and  parents  of  pupils,  or  between 
the  instructors  themselves,  relative  to  the  government  or 
instruction  of  their   schools.     An   appeal,    however,   to 


Chap.  IV.]  RULES.  21 

tlie  whole  Board,  is  not  hereby  denied  to  any  citizen  or  nigtrict  com- 
instructor.     In    addition    to  tlie    specific    duties    of  tlie  '""'T '""'' 

1  iniikc  tempo- 

District  Committees,  it  shall  be  their  duty,  ji^enerallv,  to  htv  nrrausje- 

''      '^  '  nicnts. 

make  any  temporary  arranpremcnt  which  they  may  find 
necessary  for  their  schools,  or  for  the  convenience  of  tlie 
instructors,  provided  that  nothing  shall  be  done  contrary 
to  the  School  Regulations. 

Sect.  24.     Each   District    Committee    may  transfer  TmnRfiTofrri- 

'  .  iimry  SchooU 

their  own  Primary  School  Teachers  from  one  Primary  aud  tcacherg. 
School  to  another,  and  may  change  the  location  of  their 
Primary  Schools  from   one   schoolroom   to   another,   as 
they  may  think  proper ;  l)ut  notice  of  any  such  transfer 
or  change,  and  of  the  appointment  of  any  new  Primary 
School  Teacher,   shall,  within  one  week  after  they  are 
made,  be  sent  to  the   Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  the  xotico  to  bp 
same  shall  be  mentioned  in  the  next  quarterly  report  of  ,ary  of  the 
the  District  Committee  ;  and  any  teacher,  of  any  grade,    '""'  ' 
actually  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  may  be  transferred  Tmnsfor  of 
by  this   Board,  without  re-examination,   to  any   vacant  the  iionrd. 
place  of  the  same  grade  in  the  city. 

Sect.  25.  The  Committees  on  the  Latin  School,  .^."j;;,";.""^"' 
the  Enulish  Iliirh  School,  the  Girls'  IIi<rh  and  Normal 
School,  and  each  District  Committee,  shall,  during  the 
month  of  July,  make  a  thorough  examination  of  their 
respective  schools,  and  shall  report  at  the  (juarlcrly 
meeting  in  September,  the  results  of  tlieir  examinations, 
tojTfctlier  with  such  suijf;cstions  for  the  improvement  of 
the  schools  as  they  may  sec  fit  to  oflfcr,  and  the  statistics 
of  each  school  in  a  tabular  form,  on  the  i'liljowlng  jtoints, 
viz:  1.  The  number  of  teachers;  2.  The  changes  of 
teachers  made  during  the  year  ;  8.  The  number  of  dilfer- 
ent  scholars  registered;  1.  Tlie  number  of  these  re- 
ceived fioni  oilier  Public  Schools  of  the  city  ;  ').  The 
number  discharged  ;   (!.   The  largest   iiinnber   juoeiit  at 


22  RULES.  [Chap.  V. 

any  one  time  ;  7.  Tlic  largest  average  attendance  for  any 
one  month,  and  the  name  of  the  month  ;  8.  The  average 
attendance  for  the  year;  9.  The  number  and  names  of 
the  medal  scholars,  and  the  recipients  of  the  Lawrence 
prizes ;  10.  The  number  and  ages  of  the  candidates 
offered  and  admitted  at  the  High  Schools,  from  each  of 
the  Grammar  Schools.  These  reports  shall  be  referred 
to  a  Special  Committee  of  the  Board,  who  shall  make 
from  them  such  selections  as  they  may  think  important 
for  public  information,  and  shall  add  thereto  such  sug- 
gestions and  remarks  as  they  shall  deem  expedient ;  and 
Annual  reports,  ti^elr  report,  which  shall  be  presented  at  the  quarterly 
meeting  in  December,  when  accepted  by  the  Board, 
shall  be  printed  for  dis*"ribution  among  the  citizens. 


CHAPTER    V. 

Election  of  Instructors  of  Fuhlic  Schools. 

School  year.  Sectiox  1.     The  school  year  shall  commence  on  the 

first  Monday  in  September,  and  end  on  the  day  imme- 
diately preceding  the  first  Monday  in  September. 

Annual  election  Sect.  2.  In  the  month  of  June,  annually,  the  Board 
shall  elect  the  Instructors  of  the  Public  Schools,  and  fix 
their  salaries*  for  the  ensuing  year.      Said  instructors 

*The  salaries  of  the  instructors  in  the  various  schools  have  been  established 
as  follows,  for  the  present  school  year,  viz  :  — 

The  salary  of  the  Masters  of  the  Latin,  the  Knglish  High,  and  the  Girls' 
High  and  Normal  Schools, is  $ ;j,()00  for  the  first  year's  service,  -nith  an  increase 
of  $  100  for  each  additional  year's  service  till  the  salary  amounts  to  $  3,000  per 
annum. 

The  salary  of  the  Sub-Masters  of  the  Latin  and  English  High  Schools,  and 
of  the  Masters  of  the  Grammar  Schools  is  $  1,800  for  the  first  year,  with  an 
annual  increase  of  $  100  till  it  amounts  to  $  2,200. 


Chap.  V.J  RUT.ES.  23 

shall  rank  as  follows  :  1st,  Masters  ;  2(1,  Sub-^fasters ; 
3d,  Ushers;  4th,  Head  Assistants;  5th,  Assistants; 
Gth,  Primary  School  Teachers ;  7th,  Music  Teachers ; 
8th,  Sewing  Teachers. 

Sect.  3.  The  Masters  of  the  several  schools  having  ^^o'''^^*"  <•'"">»- 

Ing  InBtructors, 

been  duly  nominated  by  their  respective  District  Com- 

Thc  salary  of  the  Ushers  of  the  Latin  and  Enjflish  Hi'^h  Schools,  and  of  the 
Sub-Masters  of  the  Grammar  Schools,  is  $1,400  for  the  first  year,  with  an 
annual  increase  of  $  100  till  it  amounts  to  $  l.SX). 

The  salary  of  the  L'shcrs  of  the  Grammar  Schools  is  $  1,000  for  the  first  year, 
with  an  annual  increase  of  $  U^O,  till  it  amounts  to  $  1,200. 

The  salary  of  the  Head  Assistant  of  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School  is 
$  700  per  annum,  and  the  salary  of  the  other  Assistants  in  this  School  is  $000 
per  annum. 

The  salary  of  the  Teacher  of  the  Normal  Department  of  the  Girls'  High  and 
Normal  School  is  $  80O  per  annnm. 

The  salary  of  the  Head  Assistants  in  the  Grammar  Schools  is  $(W0  per 
annum  ;  and  the  salary  of  the  other  Assistants  in  the  Grammar  Schools,  and  of 
the  Teachers  of  the  Primary  Schools,  is  $400  for  the  first  year,  with  an  aunu;il 
increase  of  $50  till  it  amounts  to  $  550  per  annum. 

The  salary  of  the  Music  Teachers  in  the  Grammar  Schools  is  i^  l:i5  per  annum 
for  cacli  school. 

The  salary  of  the  Instructor  in  Vocal  and  Physical  Gymnastics  in  the  Gram- 
mar Schools  is  $  1,500  per  annum. 

The  salary  of  the  Teacher  of  Slusic  in  the  Primary  Schools  is  $  l,-'00  per 
annum. 

Tlic  salaries  of  the  Sewing  Teachers  are  as  follows,  —  and  the  teachers  shall 
severally  devote  to  instructing-  their  pupils  the  time  desi;,'natod  herein  :  — 

The  Sewing  Teachers  of  the  Adams,  Lyman,  and  Wells  Schools  shall  teach 
sewing  ten  hours  each  week,  and  shall  severally  receive  $  Zi't  per  annum. 

The  Sewing  Teachers  of  the  Franklin,  Lawrence,  Lincoln,  Higelow.anti  Chap- 
man Schools  shall  teach  sewing  twelve  hours  each  week,  and  shall  severally 
receive  $  ^fiO  per  annum. 

The  Sewing  Teachers  of  the  Hancock  and  Kverett  Schools  shall  teach  sewing 
8i,\teen  hours  each  week,  and  shall  each  receive  S'.iW  per  annum. 

The  Sewing  Teacher  of  the  Winthrop  School  shall  teach  sewing  twenty  hour* 
each  week,  and  shall  each  receive  $4W  per  annum. 

The  Sewing  Teacher  of  the  Ilowditch  School  shall  teach  sewing  fwenty- 
thrcc  hours  each  week,  and  shall  receive  $450  per  annum. 

The  Salary  of  the  Teacher  of  French  in  the  Latin  ."School  is  $  500  p<r  annum. 
The  salary  of  the  Teacher  of  French  in  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  Scluxil  Is 
§500  per  annum.  The  salary  of  the  Teacher  of  German  in  the  Girls'  High  and 
Normal  Siliool  is  $  5(K)  per  annum.  The  salary  of  the  Teacher  of  Drawing  In 
the  (Jirls'  High  and  Normal  School  is  SiKX)  per  annum.  The  salary  of  tho 
Teacher  of  Drawing  in  the  Knglish  High  School  Ik  $."j<i<i  pir  annum.  Tho  sal- 
ary of  the  Teacher  of  Vocal  Music  in  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School  is 
$450  per  unuuni. 


24 


RULES. 


[Chap.  V. 


Election  of  a 
new  master. 


Same. 


Same. 


mittees,  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  thirty  votes  at 
least  shall  in  all  cases  be  necessary  to  a  choice,  and  the 
other  instructors  shall  be  elected  by  confirmation  on 
nomination  of  their  respective  Committees  ;  but  no  teach- 
er, except  a  Master,  shall  be  elected  by  this  Board, 
without  having  served  on  trial  at  least  three  months  in 
the  Boston  schools. 

Sect.  4.  Whenever  a  new  Master  is  to  be  elected 
for  any  of  the  Public  Schools,  the  Secretary  shall  give 
notice  thereof  in  such  newspapers,  and  for  such  length  of 
time,  as  the  Board  may  direct,  specifying  in  such  notice 
that  all  applications  for  the  office  must  be  made  in  writing, 
and  lodged  with  the  Secretary,  together  with  any  written 
evidence  of  qualifications  which  the  candidate  may  wish 
to  present,  on  or  before  a  day  named  in  such  notice. 

Sect.  5.  In  case  the  vacancy  to  be  filled  is  in  the 
Latin  School,  the  English  High  School,  or  the  Girls' 
Hiffh  and  Normal  School,  the  Committees  of  those 
schools  shall  too;ether  constitute  a  committee  for  the 
examination  of  candidates.  But  in  case  of  a  vacancy 
in  any  of  the  Grammar  Schools,  the  Examining  Com- 
mittee shall  be  composed  of  the  District  Committee  of 
the  school  in  which  the  vacancy  exists,  and  of  the  mem- 
bers for  the  two  wards  numerically  nearest  to  the  ward 
in  which  said  school  is  situated ;  and  one  third  of  the 
members  of  either  of  these  committees  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  doing  business. 

Sect.  G.  The  Examining  Committee  shall  take  from 
the  Secretary's  files  all  the  applications  and  written  evi- 
dence, and  sliall  have  personal  interviews  with  the  appli- 
cants, and  make  inquiries  as  to  their  qualifications,  and, 
at  a  meeting  appointed  for  the  purpose,  shall  carefully 
examine  the  candidates  in  the  manner  requued  by  law,* 

*  See  page  19  of  these  Rules. 


CuAP.  VI.]  EULES.  25 

and  always  with  reference  to  tlie  office  that  is  then  to  be 
filled.  And  none  but  said  Committee,  tiie  members  of 
this  Board,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  and 
the  candidates  under  examination,  shall  be  present. 

Sect.    7.   The  Examinino;  Committee  shall  report  to  ExsmininK 

'^  '  Coiuiiiitlcc'ii 

the  Board,  at  some  subsequent  meeting,  the  names  of  report, 
all  the  applicants  who  have  been  examined  by  them, 
together  with  such  other  facts  and  circumstances  respect- 
ing the  candidates,  their  recommendations  and  qualifica- 
tions, as  they  may  deem  necessary  for  the  information 
of  the  Board.  They  shall  also  designate  in  their  report 
the  names  of  two  or  more  of  the  candidates  whose  exam- 
inations were  most  satisfactory,  with  the  opinions  of  the 
Examining  Committee  on  their  qualifications  severally, 
and  the  Board  shall  then  proceed  to  a  choice  by  ballot. 

Sect.  8 .  The  instructors  elected  at  the  annual  meeting  in«tnictors  to 

°  hold  tluir  of- 

shall  hold  their  offices  for  one  school  year,  unless  sooner  ««•»  for  one 

year* 

i-emoved  by  vote  of  the  Board. 


CHAPTER    VI. 

Duties  of  the  Sccretanj. 

Section  1.  The   Secretary  shall  have  charge  of  the  nproni.-.  and 
Kccords  of   the  Board,  and  of   all   ])apers  directed  by 
the  Board  to  be  kept  on  its  files  ;  he  shall  keep  a  per- 
manent record-book,  in  which  all  its  votes,  orders,  and 
proceedings  shall  by  him  be  recorded. 

Sect.   2.  He  shall  notify  all  stated  and  special  meet- Notircn  to  bo 

.  glvou, 

ings  ;  he  shall  notify  the  Chairman  of  every  Committee 
appointed,  stating  the  commission,  and  the  names  of  the 
members  associated  with  him  ;  he  shall  notify  the  mcot- 
ings  of  all  Sub- Committees,  when  rcijuoted  by  the 
Chairman  or  by  any  two  members  thereof;  he  shall 
i> 


26 


RULES. 


[Chap.  VII. 


Koport  to  Sec- 
retary of  State. 


Votes  to  bo 
transmitted. 


Medals  to  bo 
provided. 


Examination 
of  biUs. 


notify  the  instructors  of  their  appointments,  and  shall 
give  such  otlier  notices  as  the  Board  may  require. 

Sect.  3.  He  shall  prepare  the  Annual  Report  re- 
quired by  the  statute  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  he  shall 
transmit  the  same,  legally  signed,  to  the  Secretary  of 
State,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  April.* 

Sect.  4.  He  shall  transmit  copies  of  all  votes,  reso- 
lutions, and  documents  which  are  to  be  sent  to  the 
members  of  the  Board,  to  the  various  Committees,  to  the 
Teachers,  or  to  other  persons. 

Sect.  5.  He  shall  see  that  the  Medals  and  Diplomas 
awarded  to  the  successful  candidates  in  the  Public 
Schools  are  procured,  properly  inscribed,  and  sent  to 
the  appropriate  schools  at  least  one  day  preceding  the 
Annual  Exhibitions. 

Sect.  6.  He  shalle  xamine  all  bills  for  salaries,  and 
the  bills  for  all  articles  purchased  by  order  of  the  Board, 
or  by  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  and  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  School  Committee  shall  prescribe, 
or  from  time  to  time  direct. 


CHAPTER    VII. 


Duties  of  the  Superintendent. 

Election,  SECTION  1.  The    Superintendent  of  Public   Schools 

shall  be  elected  annually,  by  ballot,  at  the  quarterly 
meeting  of  the  Board  in  June,  to  enter  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office  on  the  first  day  of  September  next  ensuing. 

Salary.  At  the  samc  meeting  the  salary  of  the  Superintendent 

shall  be  voted,  and  no  alteration  in  the  amount  of  said 
salary  shall  be  made  during  the  year  for  which  he  is 
elected. 

*See  General  Statutes,  chapter  40. 


Chap.  VII.]  RULES.  27 

Sect.  2.  He  shall  devote  himself  to  the  study  of  the  General duUcB. 
Public  School  System,  and  kecj)  hlnii^elf  acquainted  with 
the  progress  of  instruction  and  discipline  in  other  places, 
in  order  to  suggest  appropriate  means  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  Public  Schools  in  this  city,  and  see  that  the 
regulations  of  the  Board  in  regard  to  these  schools  are 
carried  into  full  etlect. 

Sect.  3.  He   shall  visit  each  school   as  often  as  his  visUing 

8CllOulli. 

other  duties  will  permit,  that  he  may  obtain,  as  far  as 
practicable,  a  personal  knowledge  of  the  condition  of  all 
the  schools  and  be  able  to  suggest  improvements  and  rem- 
edy defects  in  their  management.  Shall  advise  the  teach- 
ers on  the  best  methods  of  instruction  and  discii)rme,  and, 
to  illustrate  these  methods  in  respect  to  Primary  Schools, 
he  shall  hold  occasional  meetings  of  the  teachers  of  the  Mcotinpsof 

°  ^       rriiniiry  .School 

schools,  and  have  authority,  for  this  purpose,  to  dismiss  toaciurs. 
the  Primary  Schools  at  such  times  as  he  shall  deem  ad^•is- 
able,  not  exceeding  one  half  day  in  each  quarter.    He  has 
authority,  also,  to  dismiss  the  Grammar  Schools,  not  ex-  Mpctinpaof 
cceding  one  half  day  in  each  half  year,  for  the  purpose  of  s.hooi  tcacu- 
holdins:  meetings  of  the  teachers  of  these  schools. 

Sect.  4.  Whenever  vacancies  occur  in  the  State  state  scholar- 
scholarships  to  which  this  city  is  entitled,  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  give  public  notice  thereof,  and  he  sliall  be 
authorized,  in  conjunction  with  the  chairman  of  e:ich  of 
the  Hijrh  School  Committees,  to  examine  candidates  for 
said  vacancies,  and  report  to  this  lioard  the  names  of 
those  to  be  recommended,  according  to  law,*  to  the 
Board  of  Education.  He  shall  make  investigations  as 
to  the  number  and  ihc  condition  of  the  children  of  the 
city  who  are  not  receiving  tiu;  benelits  oU'ercd  by  the  AbHPnto«-iifroni 
Public  Schools,  and  shall  endeavor  to  asccrtam  the  rea- 
sons, and  to  suggest  and  aj([)ly  the  remedies. 

*  Gen.  SUt.  ilmp.  '^7,  §  ".. 


28 


RULES. 


[Chap.  VII. 


AsfiHtnncc  to 
cuuimiltces. 


ItiiiUling  and 
alti'i-inf;  of 
iSchooIhouscs, 


School  ex- 
penses. 


Attend  meet- 
ings of  Board. 


Pemi-annual 
report. 


Sect.  5.  He  shall  render  such  aid  and  communicate 
8uch  information  to  the  various  Committees  as  they  may 
require  of"  him,  and  shall  assist  them,  when  desired,  in 
tlie  quarterly  examinations.  He  shall  see  that  all  school 
registers,  books  of  records,  circulars,  blanks  for  monthly 
reports  of  teachers,  and  annual  reports  of  District  Com- 
mittees are  prepared  after  uniform  patterns,  and  ready  to 
be  furnished  when  needed. 

Sect.  6.  He  shall  consult  with  the  different  bodies 
who  have  control  of  the  building  and  altering  of  school- 
houses,  and  shall  communicate  to  them  such  information 
on  the  subject  as  he  may  possess ;  and  he  shall  suggest 
such  plans  for  building  and  altering  schoolhouses  as  he 
may  consider  best  for  the  health  and  convenience  of  the 
teachers  and  pupils,  and  most  economical  for  the  city ; 
and  he  shall  advise  with  those  through  whom,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  the  school  appropriations  are  ex- 
pended, that  there  may  result  more  uniformity  in  their 
plans  and  more  economy  in  their  expenditures. 

Sect.  7.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  attend  the  meetings 
of  the  Board,  except  when  the  subject  of  his  own  elec- 
tion is  under  consideration,  and,  when  called  upon 
through  the  President,  to  express  his  opinion  on  any 
subject  under  discussion,  or  to  communicate  such  infor- 
mation as  may  be  in  his  power.  At  the  quarterly  meet- 
ings in  March  and  September,  he  shall  present  to  the 
Board  a  semi-annual  Report,  in  print,  giving  an  account 
of  the  schools  he  has  visited,  and  of  the  other  duties  he 
has  performed,  together  with  such  facts  and  suggestions 
relating  to  the  condition  of  the  schools,  and  the  increase 
of  their  efficiency  and  usefulness,  as  he  may  deem  advis- 
able. He  shall  also  embrace  in  his  report  an  abstract 
of  the  semi-annual  returns  of  the  Public  Schools,  and  a 
schedule  showing  the  number  of  teachers  then  employed 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  29 

in  the  schools  ;  and  these  reports  shall  be  referred  to  the 
Special  Committee  on  the  Annual  Report  of"  the  School 
Board. 

Sect.  8.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  names,  ages,  Reroniof 
and  residences  of  persons  who  may  desire  to  be  consid-  cautg. 
ered  as  candidates  for  the  office  of  Assistant  or  Primary 
School  Teacher,  with  such  remarks  and  sufrgcstions  re- 
specting them  as  he  may  deem  important  for  the  infor- 
mation of  Committees ;  which  record  sliall  Ijc  at  :dl 
times  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  member  of  this 
Board.  And  he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
School  Committee  shall  prescribe,  or  from  time  to  time 
direct. 


CHAPTER    VIII. 

General  Regu/alions  of  the  Public  Schools. 
Section  1.     All  teachers  in  the  Public  Schools  are  Tonriiorn  to  oh- 

mTVf  the  Kcluiol 

rapdrcd  to  make  themselves  familiar  with  these  Kegula-  rL'i,'uiutiouit. 
tlons,  and  especially  with  the  portion  that  relates  to  their 
own  duties,  and  to  the  instruction  and  discipline  of  their 
respective  schools,  and  to   see  that  these  are  faithfully 
observed. 

Sect.  2.     The  instructors    shall    punctually  observe  Gonomi cjuti.s 

•in  •  1       !•        •      •  I       of  ti-aclur*. 

the  hours  appomted  for  openmg  and  tlisuussmg  the 
schools  ;  and,  during  school  hours,  shall  faithfully  de- 
vote themselves  to  the  public  service.  In  all  their  iiittr- 
eourse  with  their  scholars  they  shall  strive  to  impress  un 
their  minds,  both  by  prec(;{)t  and  example,  the  great 
iinportance  of  continued  eH'>rts  for  lmi)rovement  in  mor- 
als, in  manners  and  deportment,  as  well  as  in  useful 
Icarniuir. 


30 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  VIII. 


Scliool  hours. 


Teachers  and 
pupils  to  be  at 
school  early. 


Opening  the 
schools. 


Moral  instruc- 
tioa. 


Sfct.  3.  From  tlic  first  Monday  in  May  to  the  first 
Moiulay  in  September,  the  Grammar  and  Primary 
Schools  shall  commence  their  morning  sessions  at  8 
o'clock,  and  close  at  11  o'clock;  and  shall  begin  their 
afternoon  sessions  at  2  o'clock,  and  close  at  .5  o'clock. 
From  the  first  Monday  in  September  to  the  first  Monday 
in  May,  they  shall  commence  their  morning  sessions  at 
9  o'clock,  and  close  at  12  o'clock ;  and  shall  begin  their 
afternoon  sessions  at  2  o'clock,  and  shall  close  at  5 
o'clock,  except  that  from  the  third  Monday  in  October 
to  the  first  Monday  in  March,  they  may  omit  the  after- 
noon recess  and  close  at  4  o'clock.  Provided,  tliat 
nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  teacher  from  the  judicious  exercise  of  the 
right  to  detain  a  pupil  for  a  reasonable  time  after  the 
regular  hour  for  dismissing  school,  either  for  purposes 
of  discipline,  or  to  make  up  neglected  lessons. 

Sect.  4.  All  the  schoolrooms  shall  be  opened,  and 
the  teachers  be  present,  both  morning  and  afternoon, 
fifteen  minutes  before  the  time  fixed  for  the  session  to 
begin.  The  teachers  shall  require  the  scholars  to  be  in 
their  seats,  and  shall  commence  and  close  the  exercises 
of  the  schools,  punctually  at  the  prescribed  hours. 

Sect.  5 .  The  morning  exercises  of  all  the  schools  shall 
commence  with  the  reading  of  a  portion  of  the  Scriptures, 
by  the  teacher,  in  each  school ;  the  reading  to  be  followed 
by  the  Lord's  Prayer,  repeated  by  the  teacher  alone.  The 
afternoon  session  shall  close  with  appropriate  singing. 

Sect.  6.  Good  morals  being  of  the  first  importance 
to  the  pupils,  and  essential  to  their  highest  progress  in 
useful  knowledge,  instruction  therein  shall  b^  daily  given 
in  each  of  the  schools.*     The  pupils  shall  be  carefully 


*  "  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president,  professors,  and  tutors  of  the  L  ni- 
versify  at  Cambridge,  aud  of  the  several  colleges,  and  of  all  preceptors  and 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  3 1 

instructed  to  avoid  idleness  and  profanity,  falscliood  and 
deceit,  and  every  wicked  and  di.<gracel"ul  practice,  and 
to  conduct  themselves  in  an  orderly  and  proper  manner ; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  instructors,  so  far  as  prac- 
ticable, to  exercise  a  general  inspection  over  them  in 
these  regards,  both  in  and  out  of  school,  and  also  Avhilc 
going  to  the  same  and  returning  home ;  and  on  all  suit- 
able occasions  to  inculcate  upon  them  the  principles  of 
truth  and  virtue. 

Sect.  7.     The  principal  teacher  in  every  school  shall  f^d'ooi  n-sisu-r 

^  ^  -^  aud  rct-ortlH. 

keep  a  register  in  which  shall  be  recorded  the  names, 
ages,  dates  of  admission,  and  places  of  residence  of  the 
scholars.  In  addition  to  this  register,  other  records 
shall  be  kept,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  daily  absence 
of  the  scholars,  and  such  notes  of  their  class-exercises  as 
may  exhibit  a  view  of  their  advancement  and  standing. 

Sect.  8.     All  school  registers  and  other   books  for  n'nnk"  ror 

8cllUoU. 

records,  as  well  as  all  blanks  for  monthly  reports,  and 
circulars  required  in  the  several  schools,  shall  be  after 
uniform  patterns,  to  be  determined  by  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Schools,  to  whom  all  teachers  are  ex- 
pected to  apply  whenever  such  articles  are  needed  by 
them. 

Sect.  9.     Each  master  shall  make  a  careful  examina-  MnstrrMo 

.        t'xaiiiiiK'  Ihrlr 

tion   of  his  school  as  often  as  he  can  consistently  with  BthuoU. 

teachers  of  acadeinifs,  ami  all  otlicr  instructors  of  youlli,  to  rxort  tlieir  best 
oiuicavors  to  iiuprcss  on  tlii'  iiiiiuls  of  cliilflrcn  uiul  youth  coinniittfd  to  their 
care  and  instruction,  the  princiiiles  of  piety,  justice,  iiiid  a  sacred  regard  to 
tnitli,  love  to  their  country,  humanity  and  universal  benevolence,  sobriety, 
industry  and  frugality,  chastity,  moderation,  and  temperance,  and  those  other 
virtues  whicli  are  the  ornament  of  human  society,  and  the  buslit  upon  which  a 
republican  constitution  is  founded ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Instnictom 
to  endeavor  to  lead  their  jjupils,  as  their  apes  und  capacities  will  aihuit.  Into  a 
clear  understanding  of  the  tendency  of  the  above-mentioned  virtues  to  presen-c 
and  perfect  a  republican  constitution,  and  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty,  as 
well  as  to  promote  their  future  happiness  and  also  to  ]H)lnt  out  to  tbciu  thu 
evil  tendency  of  the  opposite  vices.''    [Geu.  Stut.  chap.  *?,  ij  10.] 


32 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  VIII. 


Semi -annual 
returns. 


Notices  to  be 
given  to  the 
Secretary. 


Teachers  visit- 
iufj  schools. 


Corpoml  pun- 
ishment. 


proper  attention  to  the  pupils  under  his  immediate 
charge. 

Sect.  10.  During  the  week  preceding  the  quarterly 
meeting  in  March  and  in  September,  the  principal 
teacher  in  each  school  shall  make  to  the  Superintendent 
of  Public  Schools  semi-annual  returns  of  the  number 
of  pupils  belonging  to  the  school,  conformably  to  tlie 
blanks  furnished  for  this  purpose.  They  shall  also  in- 
clude in  their  reports  the  names  of  those  pupils  belong- 
ing to  their  respective  schools  whose  parents  or  guar- 
dians do  not  reside  in  the  city,  with  the  dates  of  their 
respective  admissions. 

Sect.  11.  Each  master  shall,  within  one  week  after 
the  appointment  of  a  teacher,  send  to  the  secretary  of 
this  Board  the  full  name  of  such  teacher,  with  the  pre- 
cise date  of  his  or  her  commencing  service  in  his  school ; 
and  if  the  person  appointed  has  previously  been  in  the 
service  of  the  city  as  a  teacher,  he  shall  state  where, 
when,  and  how  long,  such  service  was  rendered.  In 
like  manner  he  shall  give  notice  when  any  teacher  shall 
have  relinquished  service  in  his  school. 

Sect.  12.  The  instructors  may,  for  the  purpose  of 
observing  the  modes  of  discipline,  and  instruction,  visit 
any  of  the  Public  Schools  in  the  city ;  but  such  visits 
shall  not  be  made  oftener  than  once  a  quarter,  nor  till 
provisions  satisfactory  to  the  Chairman  of  the  District 
Committee  or  of  the  Sub-Committee  has  been  made  for 
the  proper  care  of  the  pupils  under  their  immediate 
charge. 

Sect.  13.  All  instructors  shall  aim  at  such  discipline 
in  theii' schools  as  would  be  exercised  by  a  kind,  judicious 
parent  in  his  family  ;  shall  avoid  corporal  punishment  in 
all  cases  where  good  order  can  be  preserved  by  milder 
measures ;  and  in  no  case  shall  resort  be  had  to  confine- 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  33 

ment  in  a  closet  or  wardrobe,  or  to  otlier  cruel  or  unu- 
sual punitilmient,  as  a  mode  of  discipline.  It  shall  be 
tlic  duty  of  the  several  masters  antl  teachers  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  at  the  close  of  each  month,  to  make,  in  writ- 
ing, to  the  Chairmen  of  their  District  Committees,  a 
report  of  all  cases  in  which  corporal  punishuicut  has  been 
inflicted  ;  which  report  shall  state  the  name  of  the  pui)il, 
tlie  amount  of  punishment,  and  the  reason  for  its  inflic- 
tion ;  and  the  Chairman  of  each  District  Committee 
shall,  in  his  quarterly  report,  give  the  number  of  cases 
of  corporal  punishment  during  the  pre\ious  quarter,  and 
the  average  to  each  teacher  of  the  District.  Corporal 
punishment  shall  be  inflicted  only  after  the  nature  of  tlie 
offence  has  been  fully  explained  to  the  scholar,  and  shall 
be  restricted  to  blows  on  tiie  hand  with  a  rattan,  except 
in  cases  where  a  pupil  refuses  to  submit  to  such  punish- 
ment. Corporal  punishment  shall  not  be  inflicted  on  a 
girl  in  a  grammar  school  without  the  consent  and  ap- 
proval of  the  master,  which,  in  each  individual  case, 
must  first  be  obtained. 

Sect.  14.     For    violent    or    pointed    opposition    to  Exclusion  of* 

.  ••II      pupu. 

authority  in  any  particular  instance,  a  prmcipal  teacher 

may  exclude  a  child  from  school  for  the  time  being ; 
and  thereupon  shall  inform  the  parent  or  guardian  of 
the  measure,  and  shall  apply  to  the  District  Committee 
for  advice  and  direction.  Whenever  any  scholar  is  ab- 
sent from  school,  the  teacher  shall  innncdiately  ascertain 
the  reason  ;  and,  if  such  absence  be  not  occasioned  by 
sickness  or  other  sufficient  cause,  or  is  not  satisfactorily 
explained,  such  pupil,  with  the  consent  of  the  Sub-Com- 
mittee, may  be  suspended  or  discharged  from  the  school, 
and  a  record  of  such  proceeding  shall  be  made. 

Sect.  15.     When  the  example  of  any  pupil  in  school  sanp^niion  »nd 

"  ^         rpstoruUou  of 

is  very  injurious,   and  in    all  cases    where    reformation  pupiia. 


2^  REGULATIONS.  [Chap.  VIII. 

appears  hopeless,  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  principal 
■  teacher,  with  the  approbation  of  the  Committee  on  the 
schools,  to  suspend  such  pupil  from  the  school.  But  any 
child  under  this  public  censure,  who  shall  have  expressed 
to  the  teacher  his  regret  for  his  folly  or  indiscretion,  as 
'  openly  and  explicitly  as  the  nature  of  the  case  may 
require,  and  shall  have  given  evidence  of  amendment, 
shall,  with  the  previous  consent  of  said  Committee,  be 
reinstated  in  the  privileges  of  the  school. 

Sect.  16.     Whenever  a  teacher  has  satisfactory  evi- 
dence that  a  pupil  has  left  school  without  the  intention 
•  of  returning,  such  pupil's  name  shall  forthwith  be  stricken 

from  the  list ;  but  any  absence  recorded  against  the  name 
of  the  pupil  before  the  teacher  receives  this  notice  shall 
be  allowed  to  remain,  and  be  regarded  the  same  as  any 
other  absences.  When  a  pupil  is  absent  from  school 
more  than  five  consecutive  school  days,  the  name  of  such 
pupil  shall  be  stricken  from  the  list  at  the  end  of  the  five 
days ;  and  the  absences  shall  in  all  cases  be  recorded 
while  the  name  remains  on  the  list.  The  name  of  a 
pupil  who  is  suspended  from  school  by  any  rules  of  the 
School  Board,  shall  be  stricken  from  the  list,  and  any 
pupil  shall  be  considered  as  absent  whose  attendance  at 
school  shall  not  continue  for  at  least  one  half  of  the  reg- 
ular school  session  of  the  half  day.  In  noting  the  ab- 
sences of  pupils,  the  short  vacations  shall  be  disregarded, 
and  pupils  who  are  not  present  on  the  first  half  day  of  a 
term  after  either  of  those  vacations,  shall  be  marked  as 
absent. 
Instructors,  in  Sect.  17.  In  cascs  of  difficulty  in  the  discharge  of 
cuUy, "to  apply  t^^^ij"  official  duties,  or  when  they  may  desire  any  tem- 
Committees  poi'^ry  aid,  the  instructors  shall  apply  to  the  District 
Committees  of  their  respective  schools  for  advice  and 
assistance. 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  35 

Sect.  18.     Whenever  any  instructor  sliall  be  absent  AbRcnt<H>»mu«t 
from  school,  and  a  temporary  instructor  rendered  neccs-  stuutcs. 
sary,  the  amount  required  to  pay  said  substitute  shall 
be  \vithdra\vn  from  the  salary  of  the  absentee  ;  unless 
upon  a  representation  of  the  case,  by  petition,  and  a  report 
on  said  petition  from  the  Standing  Committee  on  Salaries,  ' 

the  Board  shall  order  an  allowance  to  be  made.  And 
no  substitute  shall  be  employed  in  any  of  the  Primary 
Schools  for  more  than  one  day  at  a  time,  without  the 
approbation  of  one  or  more  of  the  Sub-Committee  of  the 
school ;  nor  in  any  department  of  the  Grammar  Schools 
without  tlie  approbation  of  two  or  more  of  the  District 
Committee,  the  Chairman  being  one  of  them.  The  com- 
pensation per  day  allowed  for  substitutes  in  the  Primary 
Schools,  and  for  Assistants  in  the  Grammar  Scliools, 
shall  be  $1.25;  for  Assistants  in  tlic  Girls' High  and 
Normal  School,  $1.50;  for  Ushers  in  the  Grammar 
Schools,  $  2.75  ;  for  Sub-Blasters  in  those  scliools,  and 
for  Ushers  in  the  Latin  and  English  Iliffh  Schools, 
$  3.75  ;  for  Sub-Masters  in  tlie  Latin  and  English  High 
Schools,  and  for  Masters  in  the  Grammar  Schools, 
$5.00;  for  Masters  in  the  Latin,  English  High,  and 
Girls'  Pligh  and  Normal  Schools,  $  G.OO  ;  for  each  day, 
counting  six  school  days  in  the  week,  during  which 
such  substitute  shall  be  employed.  The  compensation 
of  temporary  teachers  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of 
substitutes. 

Si'X'T.    19.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  the  instructors  Tcmp«<r«tur.' 

...  .,".,.  ,  and  vcntUatlon. 

to  give  vigilant  attention  to  tlic  ventihition  and  tempera- 
ture of  their  schoolrooms.  A  regular  system  of  ventila- 
tion shall  be  practised,  as  well  in  winter  as  in  summer, 
by  which  the  air  in  the  rooms  shall  be  oUcctually  changed 
at  each  recess,  and  at  the  end  nl"  each  sciiool  session 
before  the  house  shall  be  closed. 


36 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  VIII. 


Kxnmlnatlon  of 
rclliirs  1111(1  iiii- 
occiiiiit-d  rooiiiH 
ill  season  vi' 
llres. 


Becesses. 


riiysioal  excr 
cise  in  schools. 


Care  of  scliool 
premises. 


Things  not 
allowed. 


Skct.  20.  The  Masters  of  the  Grammar  Scliools 
sliall  examine,  or  cause  some  competent  person  connected 
with  each  school  to  examine,  (luring  the  season  of  fires, 
the  cellars  and  unoccupied  rooms  in  their  respective 
buiklincfs  ;  such  examinations  to  be  made  durinij  the  first 
and  every  succeeding  hour  of  thf  forenoon  and  afternoon 
sessions,  and  the  result  made  known  to  the  master  of  the 
school. 

Sect.  21.  There  shall  be  a  recess  of  fifteen  minutes 
for  every  pupil  each  half  day,  including  the  time  occu- 
pied in  going  out  and  coming  in,  which  shall  take  place 
as  nearly  as  may  be  at  the  expiration  of  one  half  of  each 
school  session. 

Sect.  22.  The  masters,  ushers,  and  teachers,  in  the 
Public  Schools  shall  so  arrange  the  daily  course  of  exer- 
cise in  their  respective  classes  that  every  scholar  shall 
have  daily,  in  the  forenoon  and  afternoon,  some  kind  of 
physical  or  gymnastic  exercise  ;  this  exercise  to  take 
place  as  nearly  as  practicable  midway  between  the  com- 
mencement of  the  session  and  recess,  and  between  recess 
and  the  end  of  the  session. 

Sect.  23.  The  principal  teachers  of  the  several 
schools  shall  prescribe  such  rules  for  the  use  of  the  yards 
and  out-buildlngs  connected  with  the  schoolhouses  as 
shall  insure -their  being  kept  in  a  neat  and  proper  con- 
dition, and  shall  examine  them  as  often  as  may  be 
necessary  for  such  purpose,  and  they  shall  be  held  respon- 
sible for  any  want  of  neatness  or  cleanliness  on  their 
premises  ;  and  when  anything  is  out  of  order  they  must 
give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Buildings. 

Sect.  24.  No  instructor  In  the  Public  Schools  shall 
be  allowed  to  teach  in  any  other  public  school  than  tliat 
to  wh'ch  he  or  she  has  been  appointed,  nor  to  keep  a 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  37 

private  school  of  any  description  wliatcvci*,  nor  to  attend 
to  the  instruction  of  any  private  pu})il.s  before  G  o'clock, 
P.  M.,  except  on  AVednesday  and  Saturday  afternoons, 
nor  to  engage  as  editor  of  any  newspaper,  or  of  any 
religious  or  political  periodical. 

8i:CT.   25.   The  instructors  shall  not  award  medals  or  Same, 
other  prizes  to  the  pupils  under  their  charge  ;  nor  shall 
instructors  become  the  recipients  during  term-time,  and  i"r<>i«ontii. 
only  from  a  graduating  class  at  any  other  time,  of  any 
present  of  money,  or  other  property,  from  the  pupils. 
No  subscription  or  contribution   for  any  purpose  what-  subupription  or 

contribution. 

ever,  shall  be  introduced  into  any  public  school. 

Sect.  26.  No    person    whatever   shall   read   to   the  No  advcrt^c 

,  11  /»  iin-nt  t«  l>i'  ri-od 

pupils  of  any   scliool,   or   post  upon  the  walls  of  any  to  tUi- pupiu. 
school   building,  or  fences  of  the  same,  any  advertise- 
ment.    Nor   shall  any  ajrcnt   or  other   person,  be  per- No  "tjcnt  to  cx- 

^       .  .  liibit  nrtldi-»  In 

mittcd  to  enter  any  school  for  the  purpose  of  exhibiting,  »ciiooi. 
either  to  teacher  or  pupils,  any  new   book  or  article  of 
apparatus.  "- 

Sect.  27.  Tlic  books  used  and  the  studies  pur^icd  Authoruwi 

booko  nnd 

in  all  the  Public  Schools  shall  be  such,  and  such  only,  as  ntudii-s. 
may  be  authorized  by  the  Board  ;   and  the  teachers  shall 
not  permit  any  books,  tracts,  or  other  puldications  to  be 
distributed  in  their  schools. 

Sect.   28.  No  pupils  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  their  nipiin  ni«»t 
connection  with  any  of  the  Public   Schools  unless   ihcy  „tid  (ifuhiiit 
are    furnished  with   the    books    and    utensils    rcguhwly  "' 
required  to  be  used  in  the  respective  classes. 

Sect.   29.   In  cases  where  children  are  in  danger  of  """k".**"-. for 

Indlf^cDt  chil- 

beiug  deprived  of  the  advantages  of  education,  by  reason  dmi. 
of   inability  to   obtain   books,   through   the   poverty  or 
negligence  of  parents  or  guardians,  the  •Committee  on 
Accounts  are  authorized,  on  I)ch:ilt'  ol"  the  Scliool  Cotu- 
mittee,  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  Statute  on  this 


4147(7 


schools. 


3y  REGULATIONS.  [Chap.  VIII. 

subject.*  During  tlic  first  week  in  April,  annually, 
the  principal  teacher  in  each  Grammar  School,  and  the 
teacher  of  each  Primary  School,  shall  make  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board,  a  return  of  the  names  of  all  scholars 
supplied  with  books  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  the 
names  of  the  books  so  furnished,  together  with  the 
names  of  the  parents,  guardians,  or  masters  of  said 
pupils ;  and  suitable  blanks  shall  be  provided  for  this 
purpose  by  the  Secretary, 
chiifircncn-  Sect.  30.  All  children   living  within   the   limits  of 

titled  to  attend  .  i  .         t  t/.     i  i       i 

the  public  the  City,  who.  are  not  otherwise  disqualmed,  and  who  are 
upwards  of  five  years  of  age,  shall  be  entitled  to  attend 
the  public  schools  of  the  city ;  but  no  child  whose  resi- 
dence is  not  in  the  city,  or  who  has  only  a  temporary 
residence  in  it  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  Public 
Schools,  shall  be  received  or  retained  in  any  school,  ex- 
cept upon  the  consent  previously  obtained  of  the  District 
Committee  ;  and  said  District  Committee  may,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  the  General  Statutes,  require 
the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  child,  to  pay  a  sum  equal 
to  the  average  cost  per  scholar  of  such  school,  for  such 
period  as  said  child  may  attend  thereat. f 

*"  If  any  scholar  is  not  furnished  by  his  parent,  master,  or  guardian,  with 
the  requisite  books,  he  shall  be  supplied  therewith  by  the  School  Committee  at 
the  expense  of  the  town. 

"  The  School  Committee  shall  give  notice,  in  writing,  to  the  assessors  of  the 
town,  of  the  names  of  the  scholars  supplied  with  books  under  the  provisions 
of  the  preceding  section,  of  the  books  so  furnished,  the  prices  thereof,  and  the 
names  of  the  parents,  masters,  or  guardians,  who  ought  to  have  supplied  the 
same.  The  assessors  shall  add  the  price  of  the  books  to  the  next  annual  tax 
of  such  parents,  masters,  or  guardiaus;  and  the  amount  so  added  shall  be 
levied,  collected,  and  paid  into  the  town  treasury,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
town  taxes. 

"  If  the  assessors  are  of  opinion  that  any  parent,  master,  or  guardian,  is  una- 
ble to  pay  the  whole  expense  of  the  books  so  supplied  on  his  account,  they 
shall  omit  to  add  the  price  of  such  books,  or  shall  only  add  a  part  thereof  to 
his  annual  tax,  according  to  their  opinion  of  liis  ability  to  pay."  [Gen.  Stat, 
chap.  38,  §§  30,  .31,  32.J 

t  "  All  children  within  the  Commonwealth  may  attend  the  public  schools  in 


Chap.  VIII.]  EEGULATIONS.  39 

Sect.  31.  No  pupil  shall  be  aclmitted  to  the  priv- same, 
ilcge  of  one  school  who  has  been  expelled  from  another, 
or  while  under  suspension,  unless  by  vote  of  the  Board. 

Sect.  32.  No  pupil  shall  be  admitted  into  any  of  ccrtiflwitc  of 
the  Public  Schools  witliout  a  certificate  from  a  physician 
that  he  or  she  has  been  vaccinated,  or  otherwise  secured 
against  the  smallpox ;  but  this  certificate  shall  not  be 
required  of  pupils  who  go  from  one  public  school  to 
another. 

Sect.  33.  No  child  who  comes  to  school  without  cip«niinoM  of 
proper  attention  havmg  been  given  to  the  clmniiness  ot 
his  person  and  of  his  dress,  or  whose  clothes  are  not 
properly  repaired,  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  in  school, 
but  shall  be  sent  home  to  be  prepared  for  school  in  a 
proper  manner. 

Sect.  34.  Tardiness  shall  be  subject  to  such  penalty  Tnrdinosm  and 
as  in  each  case  the  teacher  may  think  proper.     iSo  pupil  ,,upug. 
shall  be  allowed  to  be  absent  any  part  of  the  regular 
school  hours  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  instruction,  or 
taking  lessons  of  any  kind,  elsewhere.     Pupils  detained  pisminsion  of 
at  home  must,  on  returning  to  school,  bring  an  excuse  {'["^r.-io^^.^!  the 
for  such  detention  ;  and  every  pupil,  wishing  on  any  day  "'="*'•*"• 
to  be  dismissed  before  the  close  of  the  session,  must 
assign  satisfactory  reasons  therefor  and  obtain  the  consent 
of  the  teacher.     Tcaclicrs  having  charge  of  [)upils  who 
arc  habitually  truant  shall  report  their  names  and  rcsi-  Truancy. 

tlio  place  in  wliich  they  have  their  leg-al  rcBidcnCc,  subject  to  the  r<'j,'ulationa 
prescribed  by  law."    [Gen.  Stat.  clmp.  41,  §  3.] 

"  With  the  consent  of  school  coniiuittces  first  obtained,  children  between  the 
affcs  of  live  and  fifteen  may  attend  Rchools  In  cities  and  towns  other  than  those 
in  which  their  parents  or  ^'uardians  reside;  but  wlienever  a  child  resides  In  a 
city  or  town  different  from  that  of  the  residence  of  the  |>arent  or  ifunnllan, 
fur  the  sole  purjjosc  of  attendinjj  school  there,  the  imrent  or  (,'uardian  of  sucli 
child  shall  be  liable  to  pay  to  such  city  or  town,  for  tuition,  a  nuni  equal  to  the 
averaf;e  expense  per  scholar  for  such  school,  fur  the  i)eriod  the  child  dull  hiivc 
BO  attended."    [Gen.  Stat,  chap  41,  §  7. J 


40  REGULATIONS.  [Chap.  VIII. 

dences,  and  the  names  of  their  parents  or  guardians,  to 
tlie  truant  officers  of  tlie  district. 
Anniiiii  cxiii-         Skct.   35.  Thcrc  sliall  be  an  annual  exhibition  .of  the 

bilious. 

Latin  School  on  the  Saturday,  and  of  the  English  High 
School  on  the  Monday,  preceding  the  third  Wednesday 
in  July  ;  and  on  the  Tuesday  following  said  AYednesday 
there  shall  be  an  exhibition  of  the  several  Grammar 
Schools ;  at  which  exhibitions  the  medals  and  diplomas 
shall  be  conferred  upon  the  pupils.  Provided,  however, 
that  the  District  Committees  on  the  several  Grammar 
Schools  for  girls  may,  if  they  deem  it  advisable,  direct 
that  such  exhibition  shall  be  on  the  Monday,  instead  of  on 
the  Tuesday,  following  said  Wednesday.  The  hours  for 
the  exhibitions  of  the  several  schools  shall  be  arranged 
by  the  President  of  the  Board.  The  Exhibitions  of  the 
Grammar  Schools  shall  be  condutted  in  such  manner  as 
shall  best  present  the  actual  condition  of  each  school  in 
the  prominent  branches  of  study,  and  shall  not  exceed 
two  hours  in  length.  On  the  first  five  school  days  of  the 
week  previous  to  the  Exhibition,  the  parents  and  friends 
of  the  children  shall  be  invited  to  witness  the  usual  exer- 
cises of  the  school,  and  on  the  last  day  of  that  week  the 
several  Grammar  Schools  shall  be  closed.  And  in  the 
afternoon  of  the  day  of  the  Annual  Exhibitions  of  the 

School  festival.  Grammar  Schools,  the  Annual  School  Festival  shall  be 
held,  to  which  members  of  the  School  Committee,  all  the 
teachers  in  the  public  Schools,  and  the  medal  scholars 
of  the  current  year  shall  be  invited. 

Holidays  and         Sect.  36.  The  following  holidays  and  vacations  shall 

vacations. 

be  granted  to  the  schools,  viz  :  every  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  afternoon,  throughout  the  year  ;  Christmas  day, 
New  Year's  day,  the  Twenty-second  of  February,  Good 
Friday,  Fast  day.  May  day,  Ai'tillery  Election,  and  the 
Fourth  of  July  ;  Thanksgiving  week ;  the  week  imme- 


Chap.  VIII.]  REGULATIONS.  41 

dlately  preceding  the  first  Monday  In  March  ;  one  week 
commencing  on  tlie  ^Monday  preceding  the  la:«t  "Wednes- 
day in  May  ;  and  the  remainder  of  the  school  year  toHuw- 
ing  their  respective  exhibitions  ;  and  to  the  Girls'  High 
and  Xormal  School  from  the  Monday  following  the  third 
Wednesday  in  July  to  the  Saturday  next  preceding  the 
second  IMonday  in  September.  The  Primary  Schools 
shall  be  allowed  the  holidays  and  vacations  of  the  Gram- 
mar Schools,  and  also  the  day  preceding  and  the  day  of 
the  annual  Exhibition  of  the  Grammar  Schools  ;  and  the 
President  of  the  Board  is  authorized  to  suspend  the 
schools  on  sJich  public  occasions  as  he  may  think  proper, 
not  exceeding  three  days  in  any  one  municipal  year. 
In  addition  to  these  holidays  the  Latin  and  English 
High  Scl«ools  shall  be  entitled  to  the  two  days  of  public 
exhibition  at  Harvard  University.  No  other  holidays 
shall  be  allowed  except  by  special  vote  of  the  Board  ; 
and  no  school  shall  be  suspended  on  any  other  occasion, 
except  for  special  and  important  reasons  relating  to  a 
particular  school,  and  then  only  by  express  permission 
of  the  Sub-Committee. 

Sect.  37.     On  the  21st  of  February,   annually,  the  itcncungof 

Wii!.liin;;ton'ii 

]\Iasters  of  the  Iliirh  and  Grammar  School  shall  asscm-  Knrowcii  Ad- 
blc  their  pupils,  each  in  the  hall  of  his  schoolhouse, 
and  read  to  them,  or  cause  to  be  read  to  them,  by  one 
or  more  of  their  own  number,  extracts  from  Washington's 
Farewell  Address  to  the  People  of  the  United  States, 
combining  therewith  other  patriotic  exercises  ;  and  tin' 
regular  exercises  of  the  session  shall  be  suspended  so  far 
as  is  necessary  to  give  opportunity  to  this  reading. 


42 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  IX. 


Admission  of 
pupils  to  I'li- 
mary  Schools. 


Transfer  of 
pupils. 


Promotion  to 

Grammar 

Schools. 


Schools  for 
special  instruc- 
tion. 


CHAPTER    IX. 

Regulations  oftlie  Primary  Schools. 

Section  1.  Every  teacher  shall  admit  to  her  school 
all  applicants  of  suitable  age  and  qualifications,  residing 
nearest  to  the  school  under  her  charge,  provided  the 
number  in  her  school  will  warrant  the  admission ;  and 
in  all  cases  of  doubt  or  difficulty  in  the  discharge  of  this 
duty,  she  shall  apply  to  her  Sub-Committee  for  advice 
a,nd  direction. 

Sect.  2.  When  any  child  shall  apply  to  be  admit- 
ted from  another  Primary  School,  the  teacher  shall 
require  a  certificate  of  transfer  from  the  teacher  of  the 
former  school ;  which  certificate  ^hall  serve  instead  of 
a  Certificate  of  Vaccination. 

Sect.  3.  The  regular  promotion  of  scholars  to  the 
Grammar  Schools  shall  be  made  semi-annually,  on  the 
first  Monday  in  March,  and  on  the  first  Monday  In  Sep- 
tember. But  occasionally  promotions  may  be  made  on 
Monday  of  any  week,  whenever  the  Sub-Committee  of 
the  Primary  School  and  the  Master  of  the  Grammar 
School  may  deem  it  necessary. 

Sect.  4.  One  or  more  schools  for  the  special  Instruc- 
tion of  children  over  seven  years  of  age,  and  not  qualified 
for  the  Grammar  School,  may  be  established  In  each 
District.  The  course  of  study  shall  be  the  same  as  in 
the  Primary  Schools ;  and  it  shall  be  In  the  power  of 
each  District  Committee  to  Introduce  Writing,  and  the 
elements  of  Written  Arithmetic.  Any  scholar  over 
eight  years  of  age,  and  not  In  the 'first  or  second  class, 
may  be  removed  from  any  Primary  School  to  a  school 
for  special  Instruction,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Sub-Com- 
mittee. 


Chap.  IX.]  REGULATIONS.  43 

Sect.  5.      The  School  on  the  Western  Avenue  shall  be  School  on 
connected  with  the  Phillips  School  District.     Children  Avenue, 
over    eight    yeurs    of   age    may    be    admitted   into    this 
school    at    the    discretion   of  the   Sub-Committee ;    and 
their  studies    shall   conform    to   the    regidations   of  the 
Grammar  Schools. 

Sect.  G.     The  teachers  shall  attend   to  the   physical  rropercareof 
education  and   comfort  of  the  pupils  under  their  care,  soiiooi. 
AVhen,  from  the  state  of  the  weather  or  other  causes, 
the  recesses   in  the   open  air  shall  be  impracticable,  the 
children  may  be   exercised  within  the  room,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  best  judgment  and  ability  of  the  teachers.  Rocosscafor 
In  the  schools  Avhich  are  kept   in  buildings  occupied  by  .schoou  in 
Grammar  Schools,  the  recesses  shall  be  arranged  by  the  .s'"wi"buiid 
masters  so  as  not  to  Interfere  with  the  exercises  of  those  '""''' 
schools.  • 

Sect.  7.     The   schools   shall    contain,  as  nearly  asxumborof 

1  1  1  1^-11  •  piipiU  tea 

practicable,  an  equal  number  or  pupils,  the  maximum  swiooi. 
number  being  fifty-six  ;   and  the  pupils  in  each  of  the 
schools  shall  be  arranged  in  six  classes,  unless  otherwise  ciassus. 
ordered  by  the  District  Committee. 

Sect.  8.     Plain  sewing  may  be  introduced  into  any  s»winK. 
Primary  School,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Sub-Committee, 
and  singing  shall  form  part  of  the  opening  and  closing  siu;,'in8:. 
exercises  of  every  session ;  and  such  time  be  devoted  to 
instruction  in  Music  in  each  school  as  the  Sub-Committee 
may  deem  expedient. 

Sect.  9.  The  following  Boohs  and  Studies  shall  he 
attended  to  in  the  respective  classrs.  The  okdeu  nf  the 
exercises  and  lessons  assigned  to  each  class  to  be  deter- 
mined  by  the  teacher  ;  subject,  hou-cvcr,  to  the  direction  of 
the  Committee  of  the  school. 


4^  liEGULATIONS.  [Chap.  IX. 

SIXTH   CLASS. 

Hillard's  First  Primary  Reader  to  the  30th  page ;  the 
words  in  columns  to  be  spelled  without  book,  and  also 
words  selected  from  the  reading  lessons. 

Bost07i  Primary  School  Tablets.  Number  Eleven,  — 
the  words  and  elementary  sounds  repeated  after  the 
teacher.  Number  One,  —  the  name  and  sound  of  each 
letter,  including  the  long  and  short  sound  of  each  vowel. 
Number  Fifteen  to  be  read  and  spelled  by  letters  and  by 
sound,  and  read  by  calling  the  words  at  sight.  Number 
Sixteen  to  be  read  by  spelling,  and  by  calling  words  at 
sight,  with  oral  lessons  on  the  meaning  of  the  sentences. 
Number  Thirteen  to  be  spelled  by  sounds.  Numbers 
Nine  and  Ten  to.  be  used  in  reviewing  the  alphabet,  for 
variety  of  forms  of  letters.  Number  Five, — the  pupil 
to  name  and  point  out  the  lines  and  plane  figures.  Num- 
ber Two,  —  analyze  the  forms  of  the  capitals,  and  tell 
what  lines  compose  each. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  No.  1.  — Print  the  small 
letters,  and  draw  the  straight  lines  and  the  rectilinear 
figures.  The  blackboard  and  tablets  to  be  used  in  teach- 
ing the  slate  exercises. 

Develop  the  idea  of  numbers  to  ten,  by  the  use  of 
objects.     Count  to  one  hundred  on  the  numeral  fi'ame. 

Repeating  verses  and  maxims.  Oral  lessons  on  size, 
form,  and  color,  illustrated  by  objects  in  the  school- 
room ;  also  upon  common  plants,  and  animals,  illus- 
trated by  the  objects  themselves  or  by  pictures. 

Learning  to  read  and  spell  from  letter  and  word  cards, 
at  the  option  of  the  teacher. 

Singing  for  five  or  ten  minutes  twice  at  least  eacli  day. 

Physical  exercises  for  five  or  ten  minutes,  twice  at  least 
each  session. 


(JiiAP.  IX. J  REGULATIONS.  45 

FIFTH    CLASS. 

Hillard's  First  Prhnanj  Reader,  as  in  the  sixtli  class, 
completed. 

My  First  School  Book,  for  spelling  to  the  2-4th  page, 
and  for  reading  to  the  70th  page. 

Boston  Primary  School  Tablets,  licview  the  exercises 
on  Tablets  prescribed  for  the  sixth  Class.  Number 
Nineteen,  entire,  and  Number  Twenty  to  L.  Number 
Six,  —  name  and  point  out  the  figures,  and  their  parts. 
Number  Eleven  to  be  taught  from  the  tablet.  Xuml)er 
Fourteen,  — syllables  to  be  spelled  by  sound. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  No.  1.  Review  the 
slate  exercises  prescribed  for  the  Sixth  Class.  Print  the 
capital  letters,  also  short  words  ;  draw  the  curvilinear 
figures. 

Counting  real  objects,  and  counting  Avith  the  numcial 
frame  by  twos  to  one  hundred. 

Repeating  verses  and  maxims.     Oral  lessons  on  i'urm,  , 

size,  and  color,  and  on  plants,  and    animals.      Singing 
and  physical  exercises  as  above. 

FOURTH    CLASS. 

My  First  School  Book,  completed  both  as  a  reader  and 
a  speller. 

Hillard's  Second  Primary  Reader,  to  the  50th  jjage ; 
the  words  in  colunms  to  be  spelled,  and  also  words 
selected  from  the  reading  lessons.  Spelling  words  by 
sounds.     ■ 

Boston  Primary  School  Tablets.  Numbers  Five  and 
Six  reviewed,  with  description  or  analysis  of  the  lines 
and  figures.  Numbers  Eleven,  Thirteen,  and  Fourti-cn, 
reviewed.  Numbers  Twelve  and  Twenty  to  be  learmd. 
Numbers  Seventeen  and  Eighteen,- — names  of  pumtiia- 
tion  marks. 


45  REGULATIONS.  '  [Chap.  IX. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  No.  1,  —  used  daily. 
Copies  in  printing  and  drawing  reviewed  and  com- 
pleted. Printing  four  or  five  words  daily.  Writing 
Arabic  figures. 

Adding  and  subtracting  numbers  to  twenty,  illus- 
trated by  objects  and  the  numeral  frame.  Counting 
on  the  numeral  frame  by  twos  to  one  hundred,  and  by 
threes  to  fifty. 

Repeating  verses  and  maxims.  Oral  lessons  on  objects 
as  above,  with  their  parts,  qualities,  and  uses.  Singing 
and  physical  exercises  as  above. 

THIRD    CLASS. 

Hillard's  Second  Primary  Reader,  completed ;  the 
words  in  columns  to  be  spelled,  and  also  words  selected 
from  the  reading  lessons.  At  each  lesson  in  reading  and 
spelling,  words  spelled  by  sounds.  Conversations  on 
the  meaning  of  what  is  read. 

Spelling  and  ThinJcing  Combined,  —  to  the  thirty-fifth 
page.  Spelling .  words  by  sounds.  Questions  on  the 
meaning  of  words. 

•  Boston  Primary  School  Tablets.  Numbers  Five,  Six, 
Eleven,  Twelve,  Thirteen,  Fourteen,  and  Twenty,  re- 
viewed. Number  Three.  Number  Eighteen,  —  use  of 
punctuation  marks  commenced. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  No.  2.  Write  the  small 
script  letters  and  draw  the  plane  figures.  Exercises  in 
writing  and  drawing  to  be  illustrated  by  tablets  and 
blackboard.     Print  a  few  words  in  capitals. 

Eaton^s  Primary  School  Arithmetic  begun.  Miscella- 
neous questions  in  adding  and  subtracting  small  numbers. 
Practical  questions  involving  similar  combinations.  The 
idea  of  multiplication  devolving  by  the  use  of  the  numeral 
frame.  Numbers  to  be  combined,  occasionally  written 
on  slates  from  dictation. 


Chap.  IX.]  REGULATIONS.  47 

Repeating  verses  and  niaxinis.  Abbreviations.  Oral 
lessons  as  above,  and  upon  common  objects,  and  the 
senses.     Singing  and  pliyt^ieal  exercises  as  above. 

SECOXD   CLASS. 

Hillard^s  Third  Frimnnj  Reader,  to  the  100th  page; 
the  words  in  columns  to  be  spelled,  and  also  words 
selected  from  the  reading  lessons.  Ditiicult  words  to 
be  spelled  by  sounds.  Conversations  on  the  meaning 
of  what  is  read. 

Spelling  and  Th'mking  Combined,  —  to  the  seventy- 
fifth  page.  Spelling  words  by  sounds.  (Questions  on 
the  meaning  of  words. 

Eaton'' s  Primary  Arithmetic,  —  addition,  subtraction, 
and  multiplication  tables  to  be  learned,  and  the  practical 
questions  under  these  rules  to  be  attended  to. 

Boston  Primary  School  Tablets.  Numbers  Three, 
Five,  Six,  Eleven,  Twelve,  and  Eighteen,  to  be  re- 
viewed. Number  Seven, — drawing  and  oral  lessons 
on  the  objects  represented.  Number  eighteen,  —  uses 
and  definitions  of  points  and  marks  leamed,  and  applied 
in  reading  lessons. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  A'o.  2.  "Writing  capital 
and  small  letters,  and  drawing  planes  and  solids,  with 
illustrations  from  tablets  and  blackboard.  "Writing  sliort 
words.     Review  abbreviations  and  Roman  numerals. 

Repeating  verses  and  maxims.  Oral  lessons  on  ob- 
jects, trades,  and  the  most  common  phenomena  of  nature. 
Singing  and  physical  exercises  as  above. 

FIRST   CLASS. 
Hillard's  Third  Primary  Reader,  completed  ;  with  defi- 
nitions, explanations,  spelling,  by  letters  and  by  sounds  ; 
also  questions  on  punctuation,  the  use  of  ra|)itals,  and 
the  marks  indicating  the  [ironunciation. 


48  REGULATIONS.  [Cuap.  X. 

Spelling  and  ThinJcmg  Combined,  completed.  Spelling 
words  by  sounds.     Questions  on  the  meaning  of  woi'ds. 

Eaton''s  Primary  Arithmetic,  completed.  The  tables 
of  multiplication  and  division  to  12-|-12  and  144-^-12. 
Notation  to  1,000.  Counting  by  threes  and  fours, 
forwards  to  a  hundred,  and  backwards,  from  a  hundred 
to  one.     Practical  questions  to'  be  attended  to. 

Boston  Primary  School  Tablets.  Review  those  used  in 
the  Second  Class.  Frequent  drill  on  Number  Twelve. 
Number  eight,  drawing  and  oral  lessons  on  the  objects 
represented. 

Boston  Primary  School  Slate,  No.  2.  Writing  capitals 
and  small  letters,  the  pupil's  name,  and  words  from  the 
spelling  lessons,  with  particular  care  to  imitate  the  letters 
on  the  frame.     Drawing  all  the  copies  on  the  frame. 

Repeating  verses  and  maxims.  Review  abbreviations. 
Oral  lessons  on  objects,  trades,  occupations,  with  exer- 
cise of  observation  bynoting  the  properties  and  quali- 
ties of  objects,  comparing  and  classifying  them,  consider- 
ing their  uses,  the  countries  from  which  they  come,  and 
their  modes  of  production,  preparation,  or  fabrication. 

Singing  and  physical  exercises  as  above. 

Sect.  10.  No  scholars  are  to  be  promoted  from  one 
class  to  another  till  they  are  familiar  with  all  the  lessons 
of  the  class  from  w^hich  they  are  to  be  transferred,  except 
for  special  reasons,  satisfactory  to  the  Sub-Committee. 


Second  grade. 


CHAPTER    X. 

Regulations  of  Grammar  Schools. 

Section  1.     These  schools  form  the  second  grade  in 
the  system  of  public  instruction  established  in  this  city. 


Chap.  X.]  REGULATIONS.  49 

The  followitin;  are  their  names,  locations,  and  dates  of 
establi-shnicnt :  — 

^'«m^'•                                                  Locution.  8n.                   F.alabllthrd. 

]  — Eliot  .Sfliool Xorth  Bennet  Street For  Uoyg 1713 

2— Franklin  Scliool Kinggold  .Street "     fJirLs 17S5 

3  —  MayliGW  .School Hawkins  Street "     Boys I80B 

4  —  Boyl.ston  School  ..i Fort  Hill "    Boys 1819 

5  — Bowilbin  School Myrtle  Street "    UirU 1821 

0 — Hancock  School Kichniond  IMacc "    Ciirls 1K22 

7— Wells  School Blossom  Street '«    Girls IKH 

8— Winthrop  School Tremont  Street "    Cirls 1836 

9—  Lyman  School East  Boston "  Boys  and  Girls. .  1837 

10— Lawrence  School South  Boston "  Boys  and  Girls..  1844 

11  —  Brimmer  School Common  Street "    Boys 1H4 

12  —  Phillips  School Southac  Street "    Boys 1844 

13 — Dwight  School SpringGeld  Street "    Boys IM4 

14  — Quiney  School Tyler  Street "    Boys l.M? 

15  — Bigolow  School South  Boston "     Boy  sand  Girls..  1810 

10  — Chapman  School Fast  Boston "    BoysnndGirls.-lMO 

17  —  Adams  Scliool East  Boston "  Boys  and  GirU..  1850 

18  — Lincoln  School South  Boston "  Boys  and  GirU..  1850 

19— Everett  School Northampton  Street "  Girls 1800 

20— Bowditch  School South  Street "  Girls 1)<<51 

In  these  schools  aretauglit  the  connnon  l)ranche3  of 
an  English  Education. 

Sect.  2.  The  schools  for  boys  shall  each  be  in- in„ructorn  in 
structcd  by  a  master,  a  sub-master,  an  usher,  a  head  *'*'*'"'  ■*•*<**»'•• 
assistant,  and  three  or  more  female  assistants. 

The  schools  for  girls  shall  each  be  instructed  by  a  in  g\Ti»> 
master,  a  head-assistant  for  each  story  in  the  buihling,  **^  "*"  *" 
and  tlirec  or  more  female  assistants. 

The  mixed  schools   (boys'  and  girls')  shall  each  be  In-  inmixe.i 
structed  by  a  master,  a  sub-master,  a  head  assistant  for  •'■'""''" 
each  story  in  the  building,    and   three  or  more  ffiiialo 
assistants. 

Any  existing  exceptions  to  the  foregoing  organizations, 
autliorized  by  special  vote  of  the  Board,  shall  remain 
until  otherwise  ordered. 

Sect.  3.  Each  sfhool  shall  be  allowed  a  teacher  f"r  j^.„^,,^^  ,,^ 
every  fifty-six  pupils  on  the  register,  and  an  additional  J^'"*'* '''■ 
female  assistant  may  be  appointed  whenever  there  are 

Q 


50 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  X. 


Qualifications 
for  admission 
to  the  Gram- 
mar Schools. 


Examination  of 
primary  schol- 
ars for  promo- 
tion to  Gram- 
mar School. 


CfTtifipates  of 
admission. 


thirty  scholars  above  the  employment  for  the  teachers 
already  in  the  school,  if  the  District  Committee  deem  it 
expedient ;  and  whenever  the  number  of  pupils  on  the 
register  shall  be  reduced  to  thirty  less  than  such  comple- 
ment, one  female  assistant  may  be  removed  from  such 
school,  if  the  District  Committee  recommend  it ;  pro- 
vided, that,  in  determining  the  number  of  teachers  to 
which  any  school  may  be  entitled  under  this  section,  one 
head  assistant  shall  not  be  counted. 

Sect.  4.  Any  pupil  may  be  admitted  into  the  Gram- 
mar Schools  who,  on  examination  by  the  master  or  any 
of  his  assistants,  shall  be  found  able  to  read,  at  first 
sight,  easy  prose  ;  to  spell  common  words  of  one,  two, 
or  three  syllables ;  to  distinguish  and  name  the  marks  of 
punctuation  ;  to  perform  mentally  such  simple  questions 
in  Addition,  Subtraction,  and  Division,  as  are  found  in 
Eaton's  Primary  Arithmetic ;  to  answer  readily  to  any 
proposed  combination  of  the  Multiplication  Table  in 
which  neither  factor  exceeds  ten ;  to  read  and  write 
Arabic  numbers  containing  three  figures,  and  the  Roman 
numerals  as  far  as  the  sign  of  one  hundred  :  and  to 
enunciate,  clearly  and  accurately,  the  elementary  sounds 
of  our  language.  And  no  pupil  who  does  not  possess 
these  qualifications  shall  be  admitted  into  any  Grammar 
School,  except  by  special  permit  of  the  District  Com- 
mittee. 

Sect.  5.  "Within  the  two  weeks  preceding  the  first 
^Monday  in  March,  annually,  the  Master  of  each  Gram- 
mar School  shall  visit  each  Primary  Avhich  is  expected 
to  send  pupils  to  his  scliools  ;  and  he  shall  examine  the 
first  class  in  each  of  said  schools,  and  shall  give  certifi- 
cates of  admission  to  the  Grammar  School  to  such  as  he 
may  find  qualified  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  re- 
quirements.    But  in  the  month  of  July,  annually,  each 


Chap.  X.]  REGULATIONS.  5  ^ 

teacher  in  the  Primary  Schools  sliall  accompany  her  first 
class  to  such  Grammar  Schoolhousc  in  the  vicinity  as 
the  master  may  designate,  when  he  and  his  assistants 
sliall  examine  the  candidates  for  admission  to  the  (inim- 
mar  School,  in  presence  of  their  instructors,  and  shall 
give,  certificates  to  those  who  are  found  to  be  properly 
qualified.  If,  however,  the  parent  or  guardian  of  any 
applicant  not  admitted  on  the  examination  of  the  master, 
is  dissatisfied  with  his  decision,  such  person  may  appeal 
to  the  District  Committee  for  another  examinatiun  of 
said  applicant. 

Sect.  6.     Pupils  admitted  from  the  Primary  Schools  Timr«  of  «d- 

,  ir^  oil  ir>         tnittin^  pupUt 

are  expected  to  enter  the  Urramraar  Schools  on  the  first  toiirammar 
]Monday  of  ]\Iarch  and  of  September  ;  but  all  other  ap-  ''''  ''^  *' 
plicants  residing  in  the  District,  found  on  examination 
qmil/jicd  in  all  rcsjiccts,  may  enter  the  Grammar  Schools 
by  applying  to  the  master  at  the  schoolhousc,  on  Mon- 
day morning  of  any  week  when  the  schools  are  in  session. 
Pupils  regularly  transferred  from  one  Grammar  School 
to  another,  may  be  admitted  at  any  time,  on  presenting 
their  certificates  of  transfer,  without  an  examination. 

Sect.  7.  No  lessons  shall  be  assigned  to  girls  to  be  ont-of  school 
studied  out  of  school ;  and,  in  assigning  out-of-school 
lessons  to  boys,  the  instructors  shall  not  assign  a  longer 
lesson  daily  than  a  boy  of  good  capacity  can  acquire  by 
an  hour's  study  ;  nor  shall  the  lessons  to  be  studied  In 
school  be  so  long  as  to  require  a  scholar  of  ordinary 
capacity  to  study  out  of  school  in  order  to  learn  them  ; 
and  no  out-of-school  lessons  shall  be  assigned  on  Sat- 
urday. 

Sect.  8.     Each    school  or   department  of  a    sehool  rumiM  »nd 
shall  be  divided  Into  four  classes.     Each  class  shall  con- 
sist of  two  or  more  divisions,  each  of  which  sections  shall 
pursue  the  studies  and  use   ihe  text-books  assigned  to 


52 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  X. 


Text-books. 


its  class  ;  but  whenever  it  shall  appear  that  a  division  of 
a  lower  class  has,  in  any  particular  branch  of  study,  made 
the  attainments  requisite  for  promotion  to  a  higher  class, 
at  a  period  earlier  than  the  regular  time  for  general  pro- 
motion, then  such  division  may,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
master,  and  with  the  approval  of  the  Committee,  enter 
upon  the  study  of  one  of  the  text-books  prescribed  for 
the  next  higher  class. 

Sect.  9.     The  books  and  exercises    of  the    several 
classes  shall  be  as  follows,  viz  :  — 


game.  Class  4.  —  No.  1.     Worcester's  Spelling  Book.     2. 

Hillard's  Fourth  Reader.  3.  Writing  in  each  school, 
in  such  Writing  Books  as  the  District  Committee  may 
approve.  4.  Drawing  in  Bartholomew's  Drawing 
.  Books.  5.  Eaton's  Intellectual  Arithmetic,  with  les- 
sons in  Written  Arithmetic  on  the  slate  and  black- 
board.     6.  Warren's  Primary  Geography. 

Same.  Cltiss  S.  —  No.   1.     Worccstcr's  Spelling  Book.     2. 

Hillard's  Intermediate  Reader.  3.  Writing,  as  in 
Fourth  Class.  4.  Eaton's  Intellectual  Arithmetic,  and 
Eaton's  Common  School  Arithmetic,  revised  edition. 
5.  Drawing  in  Bartholomew's  Drawing  Books.  6. 
Warren's  Primary  Geography,  7.  Kerl's  Elementary 
English  Grammar. 

Same.  Class    2.  —  No.    1.      Spelling.      2.    Hillard's   Fifth 

Reader.  3.  Writing,  as  in  Fourth  Class.  4.  Eaton's 
Intellectual  Arithmetic,  and  Eaton's  Common  School 
Arithmetic,  revised  edition.  5.  Warren's  Common 
School  Geography,  with  exercises  in  Map  Drawing, 
on  the  blackboard,  and  by  pen  and  pencil.  G.  Kerl's 
Elementary  English  Grammar,  or  Kerl's  Comprehen- 
sive English  Grammar.  7.  Drawinc^  in  Bartholomew's 
Drawing   Books.      8.   Exercises   in  Composition,  and, 


Chap.  X.]  REGULATIONS.  53 

in   the   boys'   schools,  Declamation.     9.    Swan's    First 
Lessons  in  the  History  of  the  United  States. 

Class  1.  —  No.  1.  Spelling.  —  Adams's  S[)elling  Book  Text  books, 
for  advanced  classes,  pc/TWiV/cJ.  2.  Reading  in  Ilillard's 
Sixth  Iteader.  3.  AVriting  as  in  Fourth  Class.  4. 
Geography,  as  in  Class  Two.  5.  Katun's  Intellectual 
Arithmetic,  and  Eaton's  Common  School  Arithmetic, 
revised  edition.  6.  Grammar.  7.  Exercises  in  Com- 
position, and  in  the  boys'  schools,  in  Declamation.  8. 
Drawing  in  Bartholomew's  Drawing  Books:  9.  Wor- 
cester's Dictionary.  10.  Book-keeping  by  single  entry. 
11.  Worcester's  History.  12.  Hall's  Manual  of  Morals, 
—  a  Monday  morning  lesson,  with  oral  instruction.  13. 
Instruction  in  Natural  Philosophy,  using  Hooker's 
Natural  Philosophy,  as  a  text  book,  with  the  Philoso- 
phical Apparatus  provided  for  the  schools,  shall  be  given 
at  least  to  the  first  division  of  the  First  Class.  14.  In- 
struction in  Physical  Geography,  by  occasional  exercises  ; 
the  treatise  of  Warren,  or  of  Cartce,  being  used  as  a 
text-book.      15.  Hooker's  Primary  Philosophy. 

Sect.  10.  In  teaching  Arithmetic  to  the  several  rcmittJHi 
classes,  every  teacher  shall  be  at  liberty  to  employ  such 
books  as  he  shall  deem  useful,  for  the  pur[)ose  of  allord- 
ing  illustration  and  examples  ;  but  such  books  shall  not 
be  used  to  the  exclusion  or  neglect  of  the  prescribed 
text-books  ;  nor  shall  flic  pupils  be  required  to  furni-h 
themselves  with  any  book  but  the  tcxt-bt)oks. 

Sect.  11.     One  treatise  on  Mental  Arithmetic,  and  Tcxt-booki. 
one  treatise  on  Written  Arithmetic,  and  no  more,  shall 
be  used  as  text-books  in  the  Grammar  Schools. 

Sect.  12.     Two  half-hours  each   week  in  the  Gram-  imtruction  in 
mar  Schools  shall  be  devoted  to  the  stuily  and  practice 


54 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  XI. 


Examination  in 
music. 


Arraiig'cmpnt 
of  the  studies 
and  recitutions. 


Committees  to 
superintend  the 
organization  of 
the  first  class. 


No  pupils  to  be 
retained  who 
should  join  the 
High  Schools. 


of  Vocal  Music.  Instruction  shall  be  given  to  the  First 
and  Second  Classes  by  the  music  teachers.  Musical 
notation,  the  singing  of  the  scale,  and  exercises  in  read- 
ing simple  music  shall  be  practised  twice  a  week  by  the 
lower  classes  under  the  direction  of  the  assistant  teach- 
ers ;  and  the  pupils  shall  undergo  examinations  and 
receive  credits  for  proficiency  in  music,  as  in  the  other 
studies  pursued  in  the  schools. 

Sect.  13.  It  is  recommended  that  in  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  studies  and  recitations  in  the  Grammar 
Schools,  those  which  most  severely  task  the  attention 
and  effort  of  the  pupils  be,  as  far  as  possible,  assigned 
for  the  forenoon. 

Sect.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  of 
each  Grammar  School,  at  the  beginning  of  each  school 
year,  either  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  this  purpose, 
or  through  their  chaii'man,  previously  authorized  to  act 
in  their  name,  to  superintend  the  organization  of  the 
first  class,  and  to  see  that  none  are  retained  members 
thereof  who  ought  to  join  the  English  High  School,  or 
the  Girls'  Hiijh  and  Normal  School. 


CHAPTER    XI. 

Regulations  of  the  English  High  School. 
English  High        Section  1 .     This  scliool  is  situated  in  Bedford  Street. 

Scliool  estab-       _  .        .  i-io-^-i  -ii         -i      •  n    n        •  i  • 

lished,  and  its    It  was  mstitutCQ  m  lozl,  With  the  design  or   turnishmg 

**  ^^"^  ■  the  young  men  of  the  city  who  are  not  intended  for  a 

collegiate  course  of  studies,  and  who  have  enjoyed  the 

usual  advantages  of  the  other  Public  Schools,  with  the 

means  of  completing  a  good  English  education,  and  fit- 


CuAP.  XI.]  REGULATIONS.  55 

ing  themselves  for  all  the  departments  of  commercial 
life.  The  prescribed  course  of  studies  is  arranged  for 
three  years,  and  those  who  attend  for  that  period  and 
complete  that  course,  are  considered  to  have  liccn  LTadii- 
atcd  at  the  school.  Those  who  wish  to  pui>iic  fiirtlicr 
some  of  the  higher  departments  of  mathematics,  and 
other  branches,  have  the  privilege  of  remaining  another 
year  at  school.  This  institution  is  furnii^lied  with  a  valu- 
able mathematical  and  philosophical  apparatus,  for  the 
purpose  of  experiment  and  illustration.  To  this  school 
apply  the  following  regulations,  in  addition  to  thusc  com- 
mon to  all  the  schools. 

Sect.  2.  The  instructors  in  this  schonl  shall  he  a  iufctructom. 
master,  two  sub-masters,  and  as  many  ushers  as  shall 
allow  one  instructor  to  every  thirty-five  pupils,  but  no 
additional  usher  shall  be  allowed  for  a  less  number.  The 
Sub-Committee  may  furnish  the  master  with  an  assistant 
in  his  room  whenever  the  number  of  pupils  remaining 
in  the  school  through  the  fourth  year  shall  in  their  judg- 
ment make  it  necessary.  The  salary  of  said  assistant 
shall  not  exceed  the  salary  paid  to  an  usher  in  this 
school  during  his  first  year  of  service.  It  shall  be  a 
necessary  qualification  in  all  these  instructors  that  they 
have  been  educated  at  some  respectable  college,  and  that 
they  be  competent  to  instruct  in  the  French  language. 

Sect.  3.    Candidates  for  admission  to  this  scliool  shall  Tinicofrxam. 
be  exammed  once  a  year,  on  the  \>  ednesday  and  llnu's-  ,i„f..«  r..rmi- 
day    next    succeeding    the    exhibition  of  the   (ininunar '" """' 
Schools  in  July.      Any  boy  then  oflcfing  hinisclf  as  a 
candidate  for  aduiission,  shall   j)i-cscnt  a  certilicate  froin 
his  [)arent  and  guardian   that  he  has   reached   the  ai:c  of 
twelve  years,  also  a  certificate  of  good  moral  characti-r, 
and  of  presumed  literary  (|ualifications,  from  flu'  master 
of  the  school  which  he  last  attended,  and  shall   pass  a 


56 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  XI. 


Anniinl  cxam- 
inntion  of  can- 
didates. 


Eeviews. 


School  hours. 


Course  of 
studies  and 
te.vt-book8. 


satisfactory  examination  in  the  following  studies,  viz  : 
Spoiling,  Reading,  Writing,  English  Grammar,  Arith- 
metic, Modern  Geography,  and  the  History  of  the  United 
States. 

Sect.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on 
the  English  High  School  to  be  present  at  tiie  annual 
examination  of  candidates  for  admission,  but  said  exam- 
ination shall  be  conducted  by  the  instructors,  from  ques- 
tions jn-eviously  prepared,  on  all  the  branches,  and  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  Committee.  The  examination 
shall  be  strict ;  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  re- 
quired studies  shall  be  indispensable  to  admission. 

Sect.  5.  On  admission,  pupils  shall  be  arranged  in 
divisions  according  to  their  respective  degrees  of  profi- 
ciency. Individuals,  however,  shall  be  advanced  accord- 
ing to  their  scholarship,  and  no  faster ;  and  no  one  shall 
remain  a  member  of  the  school  longer  than  four  years. 

Sect.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  master  to  exam- 
ine each  division  as  often  as  may  be  consistent  with  the 
attention  due  to  those  under  his  immediate  instruction. 
Each  class  or  section  shall  be  occasionally  reviewed  in 
its  appropriate  studies,  and  once  a  quarter  there  shall  be 
a  general  review  of  all  the  previous  studies  of  that 
quarter. 

Sect.  7.  The  school  shall  hold  one  session,  daily, 
commencing  at  9  a.  m.  and  closing  at  2  p.  m.,  except 
on  Saturday,  when  the  school  shall  close  at  1  o'clock. 

Sect.  8.  The  course  of  study  and  instruction  in  this 
school  shall  be  as  follows  :  — 


Class  3.  1.  Review  of  preparatory  studies,  using  the 
text-books  authorized  in  the  Grammar  Schools  of  the 
city.  2.  Ancient  Gcograpliy.  3.  Worcester's  General 
History.  4.  Sherwin's  Algebra.  5.  French  Language. 
6.  Drawino-. 


Chap.  XL]  REGULATIONS.  57 

Class  2.  1.  Shervvin's  Algebra,  continued.  2.  French  same. 
Language,  continued.  3.  Drawing,  continued.  4. 
Legendre's  Geometry.  5.  Book-keeping.  6.  Blair's 
Klietoric.  7.  Constitution  of  tlie  United  States.  8. 
Trigonometry,  with  its  application  to  Surveying,  Nav- 
igation, Mensuration,  Astronomical  Calculations,  &c. 
9.  Paley's  Evidences  of  Christianity, —  a  Monday  morn- 
ing lesson. 

Class  1.  Trigonometry,  with  its  applications,  <S:c.,  ^amo. 
continued.  2.  Paley's  Evidences,  continued, — a  Mon- 
day morning  lesson.  3.  Drawing,  continued.  4.  As- 
tronomy. 5.  Natural  Philosophy.  6.  Moral  Philos- 
ophy. 7.  Political  Economy.  8.  Natural  Theology. 
9.  Shaw's  Lectures  on  English  Literature.  10.  French, 
continued,  —  or  the  Spanish  Language  may  be  com- 
menced by  such  pupils  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  master 
have  acquired  a  competent  knowledge  of  the  French, 
Warren's  Treatise  on  Physical  Geography,  or  Cartee's 
Physical  Geography  and  Atlas,  is  permitted  to  be  used. 

For  the  pupils   who  remain  at  the  school   the  fourth 
year,  the  course  of  studies  shall  be  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Astronomy.    2.  Intellectual  Philosophy.   3.  Logic.  Same. 
4.   Spanish.      5.  Geology.     6.  Chemistry.     7.  Mechan- 
ics,   Engineering    and    the    higher    Mathematics,    with 
some  option. 

Sect.  9.  The  several  classes  shall  also  have  cxor- 8»me. 
cises  in  English  Composition  and  Declamation.  The 
instructors  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  the  penman- 
ship of  the  pupils,  and  give  constantly  such  instruction 
in  Spelling,  Reading,  and  English  Granunar,  as  they 
may  deem  necessary  to  make  the  pupils  familiar  with 
these  fundamental  branches  of  a  good  education. 


58 


Diplomns  to 
graduates. 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  XII. 


Sect.  10.  Each  pupil  who  shall  graduate  from  this 
school,  having  honorably  completed  its  course  of  instruc- 
tion to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Principal  and  the  Commit- 
tee, shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  suitable  diploma  on 
leaving  school. 


CHAPTER    XII 


Regulations  of  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School. 


Establishment 
and  objrct  of 
the  school. 


Instructors. 


Section  1.  This  school  is  situated  in  Mason  Street. 
It  was  instituted  in  1852,  with  the  design  of  furnishing 
to  those  pupils  who  have  passed  through  the  usual 
course  of  studies  at  the  Grammar  Schools  for  girls,  and 
at  other  girls'  schools  in  this  city,  an  opportunity  for  a 
higher  and  more  extended  education,  and  also  to  fit 
such  of  them  as  desire  to  become  teachers.  The  follow- 
ing are  the  regulations  of  this  school,  in  addition  to 
those  common  to  all  the  schools. 

Sect.  2.  The  instructors  shall  be,  a  master,  and  as 
many  assistants  as  may  be  found  expedient ;  but  the 
whole  number  of  assistants  shall  not  exceed  the  ratio  of 
one  for  every  thirty  pupils.* 


*  At  a  meeting  of  the  School  Committee  held  May  17,  1S64,  the  following 
Orders  were  passed  :  — 

1.  Ordered,  That  the  Committee  on  the  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School  be 
authorized  to  employ  a  special  instructor  in  the  Normal  Department  of  that 
School,  with  a  salary  not  exceeding  $800  per  annum. 

2.  Ordered,  That  those  members  of  the  Senior  Class  in  the  Girls'  High  and 
Normal  School  who  intend  to  become  teachers,  shall  be  required  to  attend  the 
sessions  of  one  or  more  of  the  Primary  and  Grammar  Schools  in  the  city,  not 
less  than  four  weeks  during  the  year,  in  order  to  observe  the  methods  of 
teaching,  and  to  acquire  practical  knowledge  of  the  instruction  and  govern- 
ment of  school,  by  acting  as  teachers  themselves;  —  it  being  understood  that 
they  are  to  be  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Dis- 
trict Committee,  and  of  the  master,  of  the  school  in  which  they  are  employed, 
and  that  they  are  to  receive  no  remuneration. 


CiiAP.  XII.]  REGULATIONS.  59 

Sect.  3.     The  examination  of  candidates  for  adniis- AdmigMonof 
sion  to  the  schools,  shall  take  place  annually,  on  the 
Wednesday  and  Thursday  next  succeeding  the  day  of 
the  annual  exhibition  of  the  Grammar  Schools  in  July. 

Sect.  4.  Candidates  for  admission  must  be  over  tif-  same, 
teen,  and  not  more  than  nineteen  years  of  age.  They 
must  present  certificates  of  recommendation  from  the 
teachers  whose  schools  they  last  attended,  and  must  pass 
a  satisfactory  examination  In  the  followmg  brandies,  vi/  : 
Spelling,  Reading,  Writing,  Arithmetic,  English  Gram- 
mar, Geography,  and  History. 

Sect.  0.  The  examination  shall  be  conducted  by  the  •'^*™*- 
Instructors  of  the  school,  both  orally  and  from  written 
questions  previously  prepared  by  them,  and  approved  by 
the  Committee  of  the  school.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
said  Committee  to  be  present  and  to  assist  at  the  exami- 
nation, and  the  admission  of  candidates  shall  be  subject 
to  their  approval. 

Sect.  G.     The  course  of  studies  and  instruction  In  <"ouri.c  of  in- 

Btructlun. 

this  school  shall  be  as  follows  :  — 

Junior  Class.  Reading,  Spelling,  and  Writing,  con- 
tinued. Arithmetic,  Geography,  and  Grammar,  re- 
viewed. Physical  Geography,  Natural  riulosophy, 
Analysis  of  Language  and  Structure  of  Sentences. 
Synonymes.  Rhetoric.  Exercises  In  English  Compo- 
sition. History.  Latin,  begun.  Exercises  in  Oraw- 
hvr  and  In  Vocal  Music. 

.Middle  Class.  Natural  Philosophy,  continurd.  Eng- 
lish Literature.  Algebra.  Moral  Philosoi)hy.  Latin, 
continued.  French,  begun  (instruction  given  by  a  na- 
tive French  teacher).  Rhetoric,  with  exercises  in  Com- 
position, continued.  Physiology,  with  Lectures.  Cicn- 
eral  History.     Exercises  In  Drawing  and  in  Vocal  Music. 


60 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  XII. 


School  hours. 


Visitations  by 
parents  and 
friends. 


Pupils  may 
remain  three 
years. 


Diploma. 


Reading   standard   English   Works,   with    exercises   in 
Criticism. 

Senior  Class.  Latin  and  French,  continued.  Geom- 
etry. General  History.  Intellectual  Philosophy.  As- 
tronomy. Chemistry,  with  lectures.  Exercises  in  Com- 
position. Exercises  in  Drawing  and  in  Vocal  Music. 
Exercises  in  Criticism,  comprising  a  careful  examination 
of  works  of  the  best  English  authors.  Instruction  in  the 
theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching.  Such  instruction  in 
Music  shall  be  given  to  all  the  pupils  as  may  qualify 
them  to  teach  Vocal  Music  in  our  Public  Schools. 

Sect.  7.  The  sessions  of  the  schools  shall  beorin  at 
9  o'clock,  A.  M.  and  close  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m.,  except  on 
Wednesday  and  Saturday,  when  the  school  shall  close 
at  1  o'clock. 

Sect.  8.  Instead  of  a  public  exhibition  in  this  school 
the  parents  and  friends  of  the  pupils  shall  be  invited 
through  the  pupils  to  attend  the  regular  exercises  In  the 
various  rooms  during  the  five  days  preceding  the  last- 
school-day  of  the  school  year.  And  during  such  visi- 
tations the  exercises  of  the  school  shall  be  conducted 
in  the  usual  manner. 

Sect.  9.  The  plan  of  study  shall  be  arranged  for 
three  years.  Pupils  who  have  attended  for  that  period, 
and  who  have  completed  the  course  In  a  manner  satis- 
factory to  the  teachers  and  the  Committee  on  the  school, 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  diploma  or  certificate  to  that 
effect,  on  leaving  school. 


Chap.  XIII.]  REGULATIONS.  (j  ] 

CHAPTER    XIII. 

Regulations  of  the  Latin   Grammar  School. 

Section  1.      This  school,  situated  in  Bedford  Street, 
was  instituted  early  in  the  17th  century. 

Sect.  2.     The  rudiments  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  Ian-  object*  of  the 

(cbooli. 

guages  are  taught,  and  scholars  are  fitted  for  tiie  most 
respectable  colleges.  Instruction  is  also  given  in  Math- 
ematics, Geography,  History,  Declamation,  English 
Grammar,  Composition,  and  in  tiie  French  language. 

The  followinfj  Rejrulations,  in  addition  to  those  ccnn- 
men  to  all  the  schools,  apply  to  this  schoul. 

Sect.   3.     The  instructors  in  this  school  shall  be  a  instructor*, 
master,  a  sub-master,  and  as  many  ushers  as  shall  allow 
one  instructor  to  every  thirty-five  pupils,  and  no  addi-    * 
tional  usher  shall  be  allowed  for  a  less  nuniljcr. 

Sect.  4.  It  shall  be  a  necessary  qualificatitm  fur  the  >ame. 
instructors  of  this  school,  that  they  shall  have  been  edu- 
cated at  a  college  of  good  standing. 

Sect.  5.  Each  candidate  for  admission  sliall  have  <aii.ii.iBto.  for 
attained  the  age  of  ten  years,  and  shall  produce  from  the 
master  of  the  school  he  last  attended,  a  certificate  of 
fjood  moral  character.  He  shall  be  able  to  read  Enirlish 
correctly  and  fluently,  to  spell  all  words  of  common  oc- 
currence, to  write  a  running  hand,  understand  Mental 
Arithmetic  and  the  simple  rules  of  Written  Arithmetic, 
and  be  able  to  answer  the  most  important  (juestions  in 
Geography,  and  shall  have  a  sutticient  knowledge  of 
English  Grammar  to  parse  common  sentences  in  prose. 
A  knowledge  of  Latin  Granmiur  shall  be  considered 
equivalent  to  that  of  English. 


62 


REGULATIONS. 


[Chap.  XIII. 


Tinio  of  exam- 
ining cniidi- 
diitos  for  ad- 
mission. 


Pupils  may  re 
main  six  years 


School  hours. 


Classes. 


Course  of 
studies  and 
text-books. 


Sect.  6.  Boys  shall  be  examined  for  admission  to 
this  school  only  once  a  year,  viz  :  on  the  Friday  and 
Saturday  of  the  last  week  of  the  vacation  succeeding  the 
exhibition  of  the  school  in  July. 

Sect.  7.  The  regular  course  of  instruction  shall  con- 
'  tinue  six  years,  and  no  scholar  shall  enjoy  the  privileges 
of  this  school  beyond  that  term,  unless  by  written  leave 
of  the  Committee.  But  scholars  may  have  the  option  of 
completing  their  course  in  five  years  or  less  time,  if  will- 
ing to  make  due  exertions,  and  shall  be  advanced  accord- 
ing to  scholai'ship. 

Sect.  8.  The  sessions  of  the  school  shall  begin  at  9 
o'clock  A.  M.  and  close  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.  on  every 
school-day  throughout  the  year,  except  on  Saturday, 
when  the  school  shall  close  at  1  o'clock. 

Sect.  9.  The  school  shall  be  divided  into  classes  and 
subdivisions,  as  the  master,  with  the  approbation  of  the 
Committee,  may  think  advisable. 

Sect.  10.  The  master  shall  examine  the  pupils  under 
the  care  of  the  other  teachers  in  the  school  as  often  as  he 
can  consistently  with  proper  attention  to  those  in  his  own 
charge. 

Sect.  11.  The  books  and  exercises  required  in  the 
course  of  instruction  in  this  school,  are  the  following  :  — 


Class  6.  1.  Andrews  and  Stoddard's  Latin  Gram- 
mar. 2.  English  Grammar.  3.  Heading  English.  4. 
Spelling.  5.  Mental  Arithmetic.  6.  Mitchell's  Geo- 
graphical Questions.  7.  Declamation.  8.  Penmanship. 
9.  Andrews's  Latin  Lessons.  10.  Andrews's  Latin 
Reader. 

Class  5.  1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  continued.  11.  Viri 
Roma3.  12.  Written  translations.  13.  Colburn's  Sequel. 
14.  Cornelius  Nepos.  15.  Arnold's  Latin  Prose  Com- 
position. 


Chap.  Xni.]  REGULATIONS.  53 

Class  4.  1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  12,  13,  15,  continued. 
16.  Sophocles's  Greek  Grammar.  17.  Sophocles's  (ireek 
Lessons.  18.  Caesar's  Commentaries.  11>.  Fas^quclle's 
French  Grammar.  20.  Exercises  in  speaking  and  read- 
ing French  with  a  native  French  teacher. 

Class  3.     1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  12,  13,  15,  16,  19,  20,  Text-took^ 
continued.      21.   Ovid's  Metamorphoses.      22.    Arnohl's 
Greek  Prose  Composition.      23.  FeUon's  Greek  Keader. 
24.  Sherwin's  Algebra.     25.  English  Composition.     26. 
Le  Grandpere. 

Class  2.     1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  15,  16,  19,  21,  22,  23,  swne. 
24,  25,  continued.      27.  Virgil.      28.  P>lcments  of  His- 
tory.     29.  Translations  from  English  into  Latin. 

Class  1.     1,   7,   15,   16,  19,    20,    21,   22,  23,   25,  san.c 
27,   28,   29,  continued.     30.    Geometry.     31.    Cicero's 
Orations.       32.    Composition    of   Latin    Verses.       33. 
Composition    in    French.       34.    Ancient    History    and 
Geography. 

The  following  books  of  reference  may  be  used  in  pur-  same, 
suing  the  above  studies  :  — 

Leverett's  Latin  Lexicon,  or  Gardner's  abridgment 
of  the  same. 

Andrews's  Latin  Lexicon. 

Liddell  and  Scott's  Greek  Lexicon,  or  Pickering's 
Greek  Lexicon,  last  edition. 

Worcester's  School  Dictionary. 

Smith's  Classical  Dictionary. 

Smith's  Dictionary  of  Antiquities. 

Baird's  Classic  Manual,  ^^'arrcn's  Treatise  on  Physi- 
cal Geography,  or  Cartcc's  Physical  Gcograj)liy  and 
Atlas  \s  permitted  to  be  used. 

Sect.  12.  No  Translations,  nor  any  Iiit»T|tirfatii»n, 
Keys,  or  Orders  of  Construction,  are  allowrd  in  the 
school. 


(34  REGULATIONS.  [Chap.  XIII 

Sect.  13.  The  instructors  shall  pay  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  penmanship  of  the  pupils,  and  give  constantly 
such  instruction  in  Spelling,  Reading,  and  English 
Grammar,  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  make  the  pu- 
pils familiar  with  those  fundamental  branches  of  a  good 
education. 
Diploma  or  Sect.  14.     Each  pupil  who  shall  honorably  complete 

the  course  of  studies  prescribed  for  this  school,  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Principal  and  the  Committee,  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  a  suitable  diploma  or  certificate  to  that 
effect  at  graduation. 


B  O  U  N  D  A  R I  E  S 


GRAMMAR    SCHOOL    SECTIONS 


Adams  School,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Comprises  that  portion  of  East  Boston  lying  south  and  ea.st  ot 
a  line  runninii;  from  the  Bay  on  the  cast,  thmuLrh  I'ortcr  Street 
to  the  railroad,  thence  along  the  railroad  to  Decatur  Street, 
til  rough  Decatur  to  Chelsea  Street,  through  Chelsea  to  El  how- 
Street,  through  Elbow  to  Meridian  Street,'  through  Meridian 
to  Maverick  Street,  through  Maverick  to  Havre  Street,  throuLdi 
Havre  Street  to  the  water. 

Bigclow  School  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Comprises  all  that  part  of  South  Boston  lying  between  the 
sections  of  the  Lawrence  and  tlie  Lincoln  School. 

Bowdilch  School,  for  Girls. 

Commencinfj  at  the  foot  of  State  Street,  through  State,  ^A'ji.hIi- 
ington.  Summer,  and  Kingston  streets,  to  the  Worcester  Kail- 
road  ;  thence  by  the  railroad  to  its  junction  with  Ali)any  Street : 
thence  by  a  line  ^rawn  at  right  angle  with  Albany  Street,  to 
the  water;  thence  by  the  water  to  (he  bound  fir-t  named. 

Bowdoin  School,  for  Girls. 

Commencing  at   Cambridge  Bridge,  thence   liy    tlie  centre  of 
Cambridge  Street  to  Staniford  Street,  thence  through  the  centre 
I 


66  ANNUAL    SCHOOL    REPORT. 

• 
of  StiinifuiJ   to   Green  Street,  tlicncc  across  Green  Street  and 

through  the  centre  of  Lyman  Place  to  Prospect  Street,  thence 
through  the  centre  of  Prospect  to  Causeway  Street,  thence 
through  the  centre  of  Causeway  Street  to  the  Boston  and  Maine 
llaih'oad,  thence  by  said  raih-oad  to  Hay  market  Square,  thence 
through  the  centre  of  Haymarket  Square  to  Portland  Street, 
thence  through  the  centre  of  Portland  to  Sudbury  Street,  thence 
through  the  centre  of  Sudbury  to  Court  Street,  thence  through 
the  centre  of  Court  to  Washington  Street,  through  Washing- 
ton to  West  Street,  thence  across  the  Common  to  the  Milldam, 
includins:  the  tenements  on  both  sides  of  the  Milldam  road,  and 
thence  by  the  water  to  the  bound  first  named. 

Boylston  School,  for  Boys. 

Commencing  at  the  water  opposite  Federal  Street,  thence 
through  Federal,  including  both  sides,  to  Milk  Street,  thence 
throujih  the  centre  of  Milk  to  Cono-ress  Street,  thence  through 
the  centre  of  Congress  to  State  Street,  thence  through  the  centre 
of  State  Street  to  the  water,  thence  by  the  water  to  the  bound 
first  named. 

Brimmer  School,  for  Boys. 

Includes  all  that  portion  of  Boston  which  lies  west  of  the  cen- 
tre of  Washington  Street,  between  the  centre  of  Dedham  Street 
and  the  centres  of  School  and  Beacon  streets. 

Chapman  School,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Comprises  that  portion  of  East  Boston  lying  north  of  a  line 
commencing  at  the  Mystic  River  and  running  easterly  through 
Central  Square  and  Porter  Street,  along  its  continuation,  to  the 
Bay  on  the  east. 

D wight  School ,  for  Boys. 
Includes  all  of  Boston  south  of  the  centre  of  Dedham  Street. 


BOLNDARIES.  (j7 

Eliot  School,  for  Boys. 

BcG^inning  at  the  water  at  the  foot  of  IJicliiiiond  Street,  ilicncc 
through  the  centre  of  Richmond  to  Salem  Street,  tl^ence  by  the 
centre  of  Salem  to  Cooper  Street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Cooper 
to  Beverly  Street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Beverly,  anil  in  the 
same  direction  with  Beverly  Street,  to  the  water,  thence  hv  ilie 
water  to  the  point  begun  at. 

Everett  School,  for  Girls. 
Includes  all  of  Boston  south  of  the  centre  of  Dedham  Street. 

Franldin  School,  for  Girls. 

Includes  all  that  portion  of  Bo;>ton  which  lies  between  the 
centre  of  Dedham  Street  on  the  south,  and  tiie  Worcester  Kail- 
road  .and  a  line  drawn  from  its  junction  with  Albany  Street  to 
the  water  on  the  north. 

Hancock  School,  for  Girls. 

Commencing  on  the  Maine  Railroad  at  the  water,  thence  by 
the  railroad  to  Ilaymnrket  Square,  through  the  centre  of  I  lay- 
market  Square  to  Portland  Street,  through  the  centre  of  Port- 
land to  Sudbury  Street,  through  the  centre  of  Sudbury  to  Court 
Street,  through  the  centre  of  Court  to  State  Street,  through  the 
centre  of  State  Street  to  the  water,  thence  l)y  the  water  to  the 
Maine  Railroad,  the  bound  first  named. 

Lawrence  School,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Comprises  all  that  part  of  South  Boston  west  an<l  northw*-t 
of  D  Street. 

Lincoln  School ,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Includes  all  that  part  of  South  Boston  east  of  Old  Harbor 
Street,  and  of  a  line  running  through  the  tcutre  of  Kil'ih  and  F 
streets  to  the  shore  of  r»o>toii  Harbor. 


08  ANNUAL    SCHOOL    REPORT. 


Lyman  School,  for  Boys  and  Girls. 

Commencing  at  the  Mystic  River  and  running  easterly 
throiio-li  Central  Square  and  Porter  Street  to  the  railroad, 
thence  along  the  railroad  through  Decatur,  Chelsea,  Elbow, 
Meridian,  Maverick,  and  Havre  streets  to  the  water,  thence  by 
the  water  to  the  bound  first  named. 


May  hew  School,  for  Boys. 

Commencing  at  the  foot  of  Leverett  Street,  at  Cragie's  Bridge, 
thence  through  the  centre  of  Leverett  to  Green  Street,  thence 
through  the  centre  of  Green  to  Chambers  Street,  thence  through 
the  centre  of  Chambers  to  Cambridge  Street,  thence  across  Cam- 
bridge  and  through  the  centre  of  Joy  Street  to  Beacon  Street, 
thence  through  the  centre  of  Beacon  and  School  streets  to 
Washington  Street,  thence  through  the  centre  of  Washington 
to  State  Street,  thence  through  the  centre  of  State  Street  to  the 
water,  thence  by  the  water  to  the  foot  of  Richmond  Street, 
thence  by  the  centre  of  Richmond  to  Salem  Street,  thence  by 
the  centre  of  Salem  to  Cooper  Street,  tlience  by  the  centre  of 
Cooper  Street  to  Beverly  Street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Bev- 
erly, and  in  the  same  direction  with  Beverly  Street,  to  the 
water,  thence  by  the  water  to  the  point  begun  at. 

Phillijis  School, /or  Boys. 

Commencing  at  the  Milldam,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Beacon 
to  Joy  Street,  thence  through  the  centre  of  Joy  to  Cambridge 
Sti-cct,  thence  across  Cambridge  Street,  and  through  the  centre 
of  Chambers  and  Green  streets  to  Leverett  Street,  thence 
through  tlie  centre  of  Leveret  Street  to  Cragie's  Bridge,  and 
thence  by  the  water  to  the  bound  first  named,  including  the 
tenements  on  both  sides  of  the  Milldam. 


BOUNDARIES.  69 


Quincy  School,  for  Boys. 

Includes  all  that  portion  of  Bo.^ton  lying  between  the  centre 
of  Dedham  Street  and  tlie  centre  of  State  Street,  hounded  on 
the  Avest  by  the  centre  of  Washington  Street,  and  on  the  eaft  by 
a  line  running  through  the  centres  of  Congress,  Milk,  Federal, 
excluding  both  sides,  and  Summer  streets,  and  bv  the  water. 


Wells  School,  for   Girh. 

Commencing  at  the  water  on  the  easterly  end  of  Cambridge 
Bridge,  thence  by  the  water  to  the  Boston  and  Maine  Kailroad, 
thence  by  said  railroad  to  Causeway  Street,  thence  by  the  centre 
of  Causeway  to  Prospect  Street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Prospect 
Street  to  Lyman  Place,  thence  by  the  centre  of  LyniMii  Place  to 
Green  Street,  tlience  across  Green  and  tlirouiih  the  centre  of 
Staniford  to  Cambridge  Street,  thence  by  the  centre  of  Caiu- 
bridse  Street  to  the  bound  first  named. 


Winthrop  School,  for  Girls. 

Commencing  at  the  water  near  the  Milldam,  thence  across 
the  Common  to  "West  Street,  through  the  centre  of  West  to 
Washington  Street,  through  the  centre  of  Washington  to  Sum- 
mer Street,  through  the  centre  of  Summer  and  Kingston  street."^, 
to  the  Worcester  llailroad,  thence  by  the  railroad,  to  the  bound 
first  named. 


INDEX. 


Absence  of  instructors 35 

pupils  44 

not  allowed  for  the  purpose  of  rtccivinR  instruction  or 

taking  lessons  of  any  kind 39 

Absentee  teachers,  to  pay  their  substitutes 35 

Absentees  from  school,  Superintendent  to  investi^'ate  aa  to '^7 

Abstract  of  semi-annual  returns L".» 

Accounts,  Committee  on 5,  1 1* 

duties  of,  regarding  books  for  indigent  cliildren,  35 

Adjourn,  motion  to 8 

Admission  of  pupils  to  Public  Schools 38 

certificate  of  vaccination  required  for 31» 

Primary  Schools 4  L' 

Grammar  Schools 42,  50 

Advertisements  not  allowed  in  Public  Schools 37 

Agents  not  aHowed  to  exhibit  books  or  apparatus  in  Public  Schools 37 

Amendments  of  Rules  and  Regulations II 

Annual  canvassing  of  list  of  teachers  for  re-election 20 

meeting  of  the  Board  for  election  of  teachers <". 

election  of  Superintendent  of  Schools,  by  ballot 20 

instructors 22 

masters,  by  ballot 23 

examination  of  schools 21 

exhibitions  of  schools 40 

report  of  School  Committee 22 

to  Secretary  of  State 20 

School  Festival 40 

Apparatus,  globes,  maps,  books  of  reference,  i!ic 12 

Appointment  of  new  teachers 20 

notice  of,  to  be  given  to  the  Secretary ...     21,  32 

Attendance  of  pupils  required 39 

Hills  for  salaries,  examination  of,  by  Secretary 20 

Blanks  for  use  of  schools 31 

Blank  books  for  school  records 32 

Books,  Committee  on •''.    1 ' 


72  INDEX. 

Page 

Books  authorizod  by  the  Board  to  be  used  in  schools 37 

used  in  Primary  Schools 43 

used  in  Grammar  Schools 52 

used  in  English  High  School 56 

used  in  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School 59 

used  in  Latin  School 62 

introduction  of  new,  rules  for 14 

all  pupils  required  to  have 37 

for  indigent  children,  furnished  by  the  city 37 

Boundaries  of  Grammar  School  Sections 65 

Business,  order  of 7 

Call  to  order 9 

Candidates  for  the  office  of  Assistant,  or  Primary  Teacher,  record  of. .     19,  29 

Canvassing  list  of  teachers,  annually 20 

Care  of  school  premises  intrusted  to  teachers 36 

pupils  in  Primary  Schools 43 

Certificates  of  merit,  and  medals,  award  of 17 

of  admission  to  Grammar  Schools 50 

of  transfer 42 

of  vaccination,  required 39 

Chairman  of  Committees,  Standing  and  Special 6 

Charter,  City,  extracts  from 3 

City  Council,  papers  from 7 

Children  living  in  the  city  entitled  to  attend  school 38 

not  living  in  the  city,  not  entitled  to  attend  school ;  exception ...  38 

over  seven  years  of  age,  schools  for  special  instruction  of 42 

Classification  of  pupils  16,  51 

Cleanliness  of  school  premises  required 36 

pupils  required 39 

Committee  on  Elections 5,  11 

Rules  and  Regulations 5,  11 

Salaries ' 5,  13 

Accounts 5,12,  35 

Text-Books 5,  13 

Music 5,  14 

Printing 6,   15 

Schoolhouses 5,  12 

Latin  School 5,  15 

English  High  School 5,  15 

Girls'  High  and  Normal  Schools 5,  15 

of  the  "Whole 8 

Committees,  Standing  and  Special,  appointment  of 5,  9 

Committees,  Chairmen  of 6 

duties  of,  in  regard  to  children  of  non-residents 38 


INDEX.  73 

Confirmation  of  teachers,  nomination  and 7,  20,  23 

Contributions  and  Subscriptions  prohibited  in  schools :.: 

Corporal  punishment ;;•_' 

Debate,  rules  of <» 

Difficulties,  in  case  of,  teachers  to  apply  to  their  Committee  for  advice .".4 

Diplomas  and  medals  to  be  provided,  &c 'jr, 

Dismission  of  a  pupil  before  close  of  session,  reason  to  be  assij^ncd  for. . .  31» 

District,  explanation  of  the  term r> 

Committees t; 

duties  of 1  r,,  l'O 

shall  appoint  Secretaries,  and  keep  records  of  their 

proceedings 1  r> 

Duties  and  powers  of  President 7 

and  rights  of  members ". 1> 

of  Standing  Committees 1 1-20 

of  District  Committees l.''i-20 

of  the  instructors  and  pupils 21i 

of  the  Secretary .* 25 

of  the  Superintendent  of  Schools 2f. 

Election  of  School  Committee :{,  4 

of  Secretary .I 

of  Teachers,  Annual  Meeting  for <"< 

of  Instructors 22 

of  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools 2t) 

of  a  new  teacher 19 

of  a  new  master 24 

Elections,  Committee  on ."i,   11 

English  High  School,  Committee  on,  duties  of o,  1 ").  20 

regulations  of •''• 

annual  examination  of 21 

exhibition  of 40 

Examination  of  candidates,  when  a  new  teacher  is  needed I'J 

Primary  Schools,  quarterly 17 

pupils  for  admission  to  Grammar  Schools 50 

pupils  under  other  teachers,  by  the  masters 31 

Grammar  Scliools,  quarterly 1 "  ' 

First  classes  in  the  Primary  Schools  by  the  masters TiO 

all  Public  Schools,  annually 21 

bills  for  salaries  and  other  expenditures 26 

cellars  and  unoccupied  rooms  iluring  season  of  firrs 30 

Examining  Committees,  in  case  of  vacant  masterships 24 

Report  of,  respecting  candidates 25 

Exclusion  of  pupils  from  school 33 

Exercises,  pliysieal  or  gynmastie,  for  pupils  every  half  day 30 


74  INDEX. 

Page 

Exliibitions,  annual,  of  schools 40 

Festival,  annual  school 40 

Girls'  High  and  Normal  School,  Committee  on,  duties  of 5,  15,  20,  21 

regulations  of 58 

annual  examination  of 21 

annual  visitation  of 60 

Grammar  Schools,  regulations  of 48 

dates  of  establishment  of,  and  locations . .  49 

qualifications  for  admission  to 50 

quarterly  examination  of 17 

annual  examination  of 21 

annual  exhibitions  of 40 

organizations  of 49 

four  classes  in  each 51 

books  used  in 52 

Gymnastic  exercises  for  pupils,  every  half  day 36 

High  School,  English  (for  boys),  regulations  of 54 

High  School  and  Normal  (for  girls),  regulations  of  y. 58 

Holidays  and  vacations  for  the  Public  Schools 40 

for  the  Primary  Schools 41 

Indigent  cliildren,  text-books  for 12,  37 

Committee  on  Accounts  to  provide  for 12 

Instructors  (see  Teachers). 

Annual  election  of 21,  22 

nomination  of,  for  re-election 21,  23 

and  confirmation  of 7 

elected  for  one  year,  unless  removed 25 

rank  of 23 

general  duties  of 29-39 

salaries  of 22 

to  exercise  a  general  inspection  over  their  pupils 31 

absence  of,  temporary,  from  school 35 

in  cases  of  difiiculty  to  apply  to  their  Committee  for  advice.  • .  84 

to  open  and  close  their  schools  at  the  hours  specified 29 

required  to  aim  at  the  improvement  of  their  pupils  in  morals 

and  manners 30 

not  allowed  to  keep  jjrivate  schools,  or  to  instruct  private  pupils,  37 

not  allowed  to  teach  in  any  other  public  school 36 

not  to  award  medals  or  other  prizes  to  their  pupils 37 

not  to  receive  presents  from  pupils 37 

in  Grammar  Schools 49 

in  English  High  School 55 

in  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School 58 

in  Latin  School 61 


,      \ 


INDEX.  10 

Tape 

'Latin  School,  Committee  on,  duties  of 5,  15,  i?0 

regulations  of c.l 

annual  examination  of I'l 

Latin  School,  annual  oxhihition  of ^0 

Lessons,  length  of,  out-of-school,  &c 51 

Lords  Prayer,  the,  to  be  repeated  in  the  schools 30 

Majority  of  the  Board  required  for  a  quorum 3,  G 

Mayor  shall  preside  at  meetings  of  the  School  Commiitee 3,  5 

Master,  applications  for  the  office  of 24 

Masters,  election  of,  annually 'Ji 

shall  he  elected  by  ballot •. 23 

new,  election  of 24 

shall  examine  the  pupils  under  the  care  of  tlie  other  instructors..  31 
shall  give  notice  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Hoard  of  the  aiipointment 

of  new  teachers 32 

shall  give  notice  when  teachers  in  their  schools  rclincpii^h  service  32 
Masters  may  arrange   time  of  recess   for  Primary  Sciiools  in  (jrummiir 

Schoolliouses 43 

to  make  a  report  of  all  cases  of  the  infliction  of  corporal  i)un- 

ishment 31 

to  keep  school  registers ;!  1 

to  make  semi-annual  returns '•'>- 

to  examine  First  Classes  in  Primary  Schools 50 

to  have  cellars  and  unoccupied  rooms  exam'd  during  season  of  firea  3C 

Jfedals  and  certificates  of  merit,  award  of 17,  40 

or  otlier  prizes,  instructors  shall  not  award 37 

to  be  provided  for  each  school 2<> 

Meetings  of  the  Board,  annually  and  quarterly 3,  •• 

twenty-four  hours'  notice  of,  to  be  given 0 

special,  of  the  Board '• 

of  District  Committees 1 J 

twenty-four  hours'  notice  of",  to  be  givin..    1<> 

stated  and  special,  to  be  notifieil  by  tlie  Secretary 25 

of  teachers  witii  Superintendent -7 

Members,  rights  and  duties  of '.*-\\ 

required  to  vote '0 

Morals,  instruction  in,  to  be  given '"'^ 

Motions,  order  and  precedence  of ■'^>    ''^ 

to  be  reduced  to  writing,  if  desired 1'^ 

Music,  vocal,  teachers  of ' ' 

Committee  on,  duties  of •'•>   H 

Instruction  in ■*•'•  ''•^'  "^'^ 

Examinations  in 1 '  •  ^ ' 

Instructor  in,  in  the  Primary  Schools '  • 


76  INDEX. 

Pa^e 
Names  of  pupils  not  residing  in  the  city,  to  be  inclu'd  in  semi-annual  returns,  32 

of  Grammar  Schools,  and  locations 49 

Nomination  of  teachers 7,  20,  23 

of  Music 14 

of  Sewing 18 

Non-resident  children,  not  permitted  to  attend  the  public  schools,  exception,  38 
names  of,  to  be  included  in  semi-annual  returns ....  32 

Normal  School,  Girls'  High  and 58 

Notice  of  things  out  of  order,  on  school  premises,  to  be  given  by  teachers 

to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Buildings 36 

Number  of  pupils  to  each  teacher 43,  49,  55,  58,  Gl 

Opening  schools  with  reading  of  the  Scriptures 30 

Order,  in  meetings  of  the  Board,  to  be  preserved  by  the  President 7 

of  business  prescribed 7 

Organization  of  School  Committee 3,  5 

Organization  of  Grammar  Schools,  plan  of 49 

Out-buildings  and  yards,  care  of .' 36 

Outline  Maps,  Globes,  &c 12 

Out-of-school  lessons 51 

Papers  from  the  Cit^  Council 7 

reading  of,  when  called  for  and  objection  is  made 10 

Permitted  Books 53,  63 

Petitions,  time  for  presenting 7 

Philosopliical  Apparatus 12,  53 

Physical  or  gymnastic  exercises  for  pupils,  every  half  day 36 

Prayer,  the  Lord's,  to  be  repeated  at  opening  of  schools 30 

Presents  of  Pupils  to  instructors,  not  allowed 37 

President  of  School  Committee,  in-o  tempore 5 

powers  and  duties  of 7-9 

may  suspend  the  schools  on  public  occasions 41 

Previous  question 8 

Primary  School  Teachers'  meetings,  with  Superintendent 27 

Primary  Schools,  regulations  of w 42-48 

under  special  care  of  Sub-Committees 16 

new  or  additional,  establishment  of 16 

quarterly  examination  of 16 

annual  examination  of 21 

transfer  of 21 

holidays  and  vacations  for 41 

studies  in 43 

text-books  used  in 43 

Printing,  Committee  on 5,  15 

Promotion  of  pupils 42,  50 

Punctuality  of  instructors  and  pupils  required 30 


INDEX.  77 

Page 

Punishment,  corporal,  to  be  avoided  when  practicahlc 32 

Pupils,  admission  of,  to  Public  Scliools 32,  60 

Pupils,  children  of  non-residents 32,  38 

not  admitted  to  Public  Schools  without  certificate  of  vaccination..  39 

excluded  or  suspended  from  school  may  be  reinstated 34 

expelled  or  suspended  from  one  scliool,  not  to  be  admitted  t<i  an- 
other except  by  vote  of  the  Board 39 

maj'  be  detained  after  school 30 

maj'  be  excluded  or  suspended  from  school,  for  cause 33 

may  be  discharged  for  continued  absence 34 

may  be  admitted  to  school  by  certificate  of  transfer -12,  51 

may  be  transferred  from  one  Grammar  School  to  another. ...     18,  51 
not  to  leave  school  before  close  of  session,  without  good  reasons..  39 

number  of,  to  each  teacher 43.  I!),  TiS,  r>H,  61 

promotion  of,  to  Grammar  Schools 42 

required  to  attend  school  regularly 39 

required  to  be  at  school  punctually 30 

to  have  the  books  and  utensils  used  in  their  classes 37 

to  avoid  idleness,  falseh'd,  profanity,  and  all  other  bad  habits,  30 
to  be  clean,  and  to  have  their  clothes  in  proper  order  ....  39 
while  going  to  school,  and  returning  home,  under  general  inspection 

of  teachers 31 

to  attend  school  in  the  Section  where  they  reside 18 

Qualifications  of  pupils  for  admission  to  Primary  Schools 42 

to  Grammar  Schools 50 

to  English  High  School 55 

to  Girls'  High  and  Normal  School. . .  59 

to  Latin  School fl  1 

Quarterly  meetings  of  the  Board fi 

examinations  of  Public  Schools 16 

reports  of  examinations 17 

Quorum,  a  majority  of  the  Board  required  for  a 3.  6 

when  not  present,  the  Secretary  shall  call  the  roll 6 

Kecord-books,  blanks,  &c 12 

Kank  of  teachers 23 

Re-appointed  teachers 19 

Recesses  for  i)upils 36 

for  Primary  Schools  in  (iraininar  School  Buildings 48 

Records  to  be  kept  by  each  District  Committee 1  •'».  10 

by  the  Secretary 25 

by  teachers 31 

of  names  of  applicants,  by  tiie  Superintendent 29 

of  well-qualified  candidates  at  examinations,  Ut  Im-  kejit  . .    19 
and  school  registers 31 


78  INDEX. 

Page 

Reconsideration  of  votes 10 

Ee-elcction  of  teachers 20 

llegisters  and  otiier  school  records  to  he  kept  by  teachers 31 

Regulations,  general,  of  the  Public  Schools 29 

Regulations,  teachers  required  to  be  familiar  with  and  to  observe 29 

of  Primary  Schools 42-48 

Grammar  Schools 48 

English  High  School 54 

Girls'  High  and  Normal  School 58 

Latin  School 61 

Repeal  of  Rules  and  Regulations 11 

Report,  annual,  to  Secretary  of  State 26 

Reports  of  examinations,  quarterly  and  annual 17,  22 

of  District  Committees  to  be  submitted  in  writing 16 

annual,  of  School  Committee 22 

semi-annual,  of  Superintendent 28 

Returns,  semi-annual,  to  be  made  by  teachers 32 

abstract  of 28 

to  include  names  of  pupils  not  residing  in  the  city. .  32 

Rights  and  duties  of  members 9-11 

Rules  and  Regulations,  amendment  of 11 

Committee  on 5,  11 

of  debate 9 

repeal  of 11 

suspension  of 10 

violation  of 9 

Salaries,  Committee  on 5,  13 

of  instructors 23 

of  substitutes 35 

Salaries  of  teachers,  to  commence  with  their  term  of  service 19 

extension  or  change  of,  to  be  referred 13 

bills  for,  examination  of 26 

School  Books  authorized  to  be  used,  see  "  Boolcs." 

School  Committee,  election  of 3 

organization  of 3^  5 

annual  meeting  of,  for  election  of  teachers 6 

quarterly  meetings  of 6 

special  meetings,  call  of 9 

powers  and  duties  of 3^  4 

judges  of  the  election  of  its  members 4 

President  of 3,  5    7 

Secretary  of 3,  5,  25 

vacancies  in,  how  filled 4,  6 

Festival,  annual 40 


INDEX.  79 

I'age 

School  hours  for  Primary  and  Grammar  Schools 80 

English  High  Scliool 56 

Girls'  High  and  Normal  School CO 

Latin  School (52 

houses,  erection  or  alteration  of    12,  28 

Schoolhouses,  Committee  on -,    12 

warming  and  ventilation  of 13 

names  and  locations  of  Grammar 49 

School  registers,  and  other  records 31 

regulations,  general,  of  the  public  schools L'9 

teachers  to  observe 29 

year,  when  it  begins  and  ends 22 

primary  on  Western  Avenue,  special  provisions  relative  to 43 

Schools  for  special  instruction 42 

Scriptures,  reading  of,  in  the  schools 30 

Secretary,  election  of 5 

duties  of 25 

salary  of,  to  be  fixed 5 

shall  call  the  roll,  &c 0 

of  State,  annual  report  sent  to L'tJ 

Sections,  Grammar  School,  boundaries  of 05 

Semi-annual  returns,  abstract  of L'8 

to  be  made  to  the  Superintendent 32 

Sewing,  instruction  in  shall  be  given ;  teachers  of 18 

may  be  taught  in  Primary  Schools 43 

Singing,  (see  Music,  vocal,) 14 

in  Primary  Schools 43 

Special  instruction,  schools  for 42 

Special  Meetings  of  the  Board,  called  by  the  President 9 

twenty-four  hours'  notice  to  be  given  i)f. . .     9 

the  Board  may  hold,  when  necessary 0 

Standing  Committees,  annual  appointment  of "•.     ''• 

chairmen  of *• 6 

duties  of : 1 1--'3 

State  Scholarships -7 

Sub-Conuuittees  of  District  Committees ••» 

Subscrii)tion  or  contribution  not  allowed  in  Schools 87 

Substitutes  for  absent  teachers,  employment  of 35 

compensation  of '"^^ 

Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  election,  duties,  and  salary  of 26-29 

Suspension  of  pujiils 33 

of  Kules  of  the  Board 10 

of  schools  on  public  occasions <  1 

Tardiness  of  pupils  forbidden,  and  subject  to  penally 39 


80  INDEX. 

Page 
Teachers  (sec  Instructors). 

mode  of  choosing 23 

canvassing  list  of,  annually 20 

■   leaving  service,  Secretary  to  be  notified  of 32 

Teachers,  now,  appointment  of 19,  24 

Secretary  to  be  notified  of 32 

of  sewing 19 

transfer  of 21 

examination  of  candidates  for,  before  appointment 19 

general  duties  of 29-37 

may  visit  other  Public  Schools 32 

required  to  be  at  their  schools  fifteen  minutes  before  the  time 

l)rescribed  for  opening,  each  session 30 

to  exercise  general  care  over  pupils  while  going  to  school  and 

returning  home 31 

to  make  semi-annual  returns  to  the  Superintendent 32 

required  to  give  attention  to  the  temperature  and  ventilation  of 

their  schoolrooms 35 

Temperature  of  schoolrooms,  teachers  required  to  attend  to 35 

Temporary  residence  of  children,  for  purpose  of  attending  school 38 

Text-books,  Committee  on 5,  13 

introduction  of  new 14 

for  indigent  children 12,  37 

Tracts,  distribution  of,  in  schools,  prohibited 37 

Transfer  of  pupils  from  one  school  section  to  another 18 

from  one  Primary  School  to  another 42 

of  Primary  Schools 21 

of  teachers 21 

from  one  grade  of  school  to  another 19 

Truants,  habitual,  to  be  reported  to  Truant  Officers 39 

Vacancies  in  School  Committee 4,  6 

Vacations,  holidays  and 40 

Vaccination,  certificates  of .  ••. 39 

Ventilation  of  schoolrooms,  teachers  to  attend  to 35 

and  warming  of  schoolhouses * 13 

Visits,  teachers  may  make  to  other  schools 32 

Vocal  Music,  teachers  of 14 

instruction  in 4:1,  53,  60 

Votes,  when  doubted  members  shall  rise 7 

reconsideration  of 10 

Washington's  Farewell  Address,  reading  of 41 

Well-qualified  candidates  at  examinations,  record  to  be  kept  of 19 

Yards  and  out-buildings,  care  of. ..- 36 

Year,  school,  beginning  and  end  of , 22 

Yeas  and  Nays,  to  be  taken  if  called  for  by  oneffth 8 


OROANIZ  ATIOX 


PUBLIC     S  C  H  C)  ( )  L  S 


SCHOOL    COMMITTEE 


FOR     18G5. 


Frederic  W.  Lincoln,  Jr.,  Mayor,  ct  officio. 
Wm.  B.  Fowle,  Jr.  President  of  the  Common  Coixcil,  «r  njjta'o. 


Term  Expires  Jan.  1806, 


WAKO 

1.  —  George  F".  Haskins, 

Horace  Uodd, 

2.  —  Samuel  T.  Cobb, 

Seth  C.  Ames. 

3.— Aaron  P.  Kicliardson, 
George  Hubbard. 

4.  — Dexter  S.  King, 

John  A.  Lamson. 

5.  — William  C.  "Williamson, 

Henry  \Varren, 

0.  — Samuel  K.  Lothrop, 
Henry  W.  Haynes. 

7.  — Tatrlck  Riley, 

George  Hayward. 

8.  — Elijah  C.  Drew, 

Kdnuiud  T,  Kastman. 

'.».— Klisha  Hassctt, 
Charles  Torrcy. 

10.  —  Stephen  li.  Kniory, 

Ili'iiry  W.  Harrington. 

11. —  'VVni.  H.  Lcarnard,  .Ir. 
Matthias  i:irh. 

I'J.  —  .1.  Proctor  Haskins, 
Edward  U.  Uraiuard. 


Term  Expires  Jak.  1807. 


IJenjamln  Fessondcn, 
Charles  A.  Turner. 

Eihviu  Wright, 
J?ra<ll'ord  L.  Crocker. 

Aurelius  L.  Weymouth, 
Timothy  II.  Smitli, 

Nathaniel  IJ.  ShurtlefT, 
Ezra  Palmer. 

Samuol  H.  Winklcy, 
Robert  I.  lUirbuuk. 

Henry  Burroughs,  .Jr. 
Loring  Lothrop, 

Michael  Jloran, 
M,  Field  Fowler, 

Dio  Lewis, 
Charles  H,  Spring. 

.loseph  L.  Drew, 
William  E.  Underwood. 

Charles  Edward  Cook, 
Ira  L.  Moore. 

Ahli'u  Spcarc, 
Charles  W.  Slack. 

Edwin  Rrlggs, 
Nathaniel  Hayes, 


Term  Expires  Jah.  1888. 


William  A.  Krcuger, 
.liiHi  ph  l>.  Fullun. 

Wiirren  H.  Cudworth, 
J.  Harvey  Woodbury. 

Benjamin  T.  Gould, 
Slichael  Leury, 

Edward  I).  G.  Palmer, 
Orrln  S.  Sanders. 

John  K.  .larviw, 
Warren  S.  llrul. 

J.  Haxter  I'phnm, 
Calvin  G.  Page. 

.lohn  P.  Ordway, 
Charles  Uutler. 

Tliomns  M.  Rrewer, 
William  H.  Page. 

Jacob  M.  Manning, 
31.  Dennian  Rons. 

Enoch  C.  Rolfe, 
Salem  T.  Ijknib. 

Robert  C.  Wntrr^ton, 
Kcnjamhi  W.  WlllUms. 

Henry  A.  Drake, 
Francln  H.  I'uilerwood. 


John  D.  rinuiiacK,  Superintendent  of  PuUir  SchonU. 
Barnard  Capkn,  Secretary  of  School  Committee. 


ORGANIZATION 


BOARD  or  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 


STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

COMMITTEE    ON    ELECTIONS. 

Messrs.  Joseph  L.  Drew,  52  Warren  Street 

Benjamin  Fessenden,  25  Charter  Street. 
Edward  H.  Brainard,  IGl  Broadway. 
Stephen  L.  Emery,  603  Tremont  Street. 
William  G.  Williamson,  23  McLean  Street. 

COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

Messrs.  William  H.  Learnard,  Jr.,  61  Rutland  Street. 
George  F.  Haskins,  2  North  Square. 
George  Hay  ward,  13  Temple  Place. 
Elisha  Bassett,  335  Tremont  Street. 
Henry  A.  Drake,  333  Broadway. 

COMMITTEE    ON    SALARIES. 

Messrs.  Charles  W.  Slack,  10  Garland  Street. 
Loring  Lothrop,  43  Pinckney  Street. 
Edmund  T.  Eastman,  50  Essex  Street. 
M.  Field  Fowler,  25  South  Street. 
J.  Harvey  Woodbury,  4  Princeton  Street. 


BOARD    OF    SCHOOL    COMMITTEE.  85 

COMMITTEK    ON     ACCOUNTS. 

Messrs.  Enoch  C.  Rolfe,  616  Washington  Street, 
Elijah  C.  Drew,  40  State  Street. 
Samuel  T.  Cobb,  27  Cornhill. 
Patrick  Riley,  10  Lincoln  Street. 
Salem  T.  Lamb,  10  Burroughs  Place. 

COMMITTEE    ON    TEXT-BOOKS. 

Messrs.  S.  K.  Lothrop,  12  Chestnut  Street 

Henry  Burroughs,  Jr.,  82  Mount  Vernon  Street 
Ezra  Palmer,  1  Tremont  Place. 
John  F.  Jarvis,  22  Levcrett  Street. 
John  A.  Lamson,  1  Staniford  Street 

COMMITTEE    ON    SCHOOLHOrSES. 

Messrs.  William  E.  Underwood,  743  Washington  Street 
Nathaniel  B.  Shurtleff,  2  Beacon  Street 
Thomas  M,  Brewer,  131  Washington  Street 
Charles  Edward  Cook,  220  Washington  Street 
Edwin  Wright,  9  Joy's  Building. 

COMMITTEE    ON    MUSIC. 

Messrs.  J.  Baxter  Upham,  31  Chestnut  Street 
Aaron  P.  Richardson,  17  Green  Street 
John  P.  Ordway,  42  Bedford  Street. 
Francis  H.  Underwood,  2S2  Fourth  Street 
Robert  C.  Watcrston,  71  Chester  Stjuare. 

COMMITTEE    ON     I'UINTINO. 

Messrs.  Henry  W.  Harrington,  3  Corey  Avenue. 
Dexter  S.  King,  34  Bowdoin  Street 
J.  Proctor  Haskins,  Seventh,  near  E  Street 
Warren  S.  Bcal,  2  Blossom  Court 
Benjamin  W.  Williams,  36  Clarendon  Street 


86  SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


COMMITTEE    ON    GYMNASTICS    AND    MILITARY    DRILL. 

Messrs.  George  Hay  ward,  13  Temple  Place. 
Edward  H.  Brainard,  IGl  Broadway. 
J.  Baxter  Upham,  31  Chestnut  Street. 
Eobert  I.  Burbauk,  8  Staniford  Street. 
William  B.  Fowle,  7  W.  Chester  Park. 


LATIN  AND  HIGH  SCUOOLS. 


PUBLIC   LATIN   SCHOOL,   BEDFORD    STRKF/r. 

COMMITTEE. 

Nathaniel  B.  ShurtlefF,  Chairman,  2  Beacon  Street 

Francis  H.  Underwood,  Secretary,  2s2  Fourth  Street. 

"William  B.  Fowle,  7  West  Chester  TarL 

George  F.  Haskins,  2  North  Square. 

Edwin  Wright,  9  Joy's  Building. 

Aurelius  L.  Weymouth,  9  Green  Street 

Samuel  H.  Winkley,  5  Chambers  Street. 

Henry  W.  Haynes,  35  Court  Street 

John  P.  Ordway,  42  Bedford  Street 

Edmund  T.  Eastman,  50  Essex  Street 

Jacob  M.  Manning,  9  Boylston  Place. 

Charles  Edward  Cook,  220  Washington  Street 

Charles  W.  Slack,  10  Garland  Street 

Francis  Gardner,  Master, 

Edward  H.  ]\Iagill,  Sub-Master. 

William  R.  Dimraock,  Sub-Master. 

Charles  J.  Capcn,  Moses  Merrill,  Joseph  A.  Halo,  and  Albert  Palmer, 

Ushers. 
Edward  Coquard,  Teacher  of  French. 


88  SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 

ENGLISH   HIGH   SCHOOL,  BEDFORD   STREET. 

COMMITTEE. 

S.  K.  Lothrop,  Chairman,  12  Chestnut  Street. 
Salera  T.  Lamb,  Secretary,  10  Burroughs  Place. 
William  B.  Fowle,  7  West  Chester  Park. 
Charles  A.  Turner,  364  Hanover  Street. 
Warren  H.  Cudworth,  1  Meridian  Street. 
Benjamin  T.  Gould,  1  Prospect  Street. 
Dexter  S.  King,  34  Bowdoin  Street. 
Henry  Warren,  25  Green  Street. 
Patrick  Riley,  10  Lincoln  Street. 
Elijah  C.  Drew,  40  State  Street. 
William  E.  Underwood,  743  Washington  Street. 
Eobert  C.  Waterston,  7 1  Chester  Square. 
Henry  A.  Drake,  333  Broadway. 

Thomas  Sherwin,  Master. 

Charles  M.  Cumston,  First  Sub-Master. 

Luther  W.  Anderson,  Second  Suh- Master. 

Ephraim  Hunt,  William  Nichols,  Jr.,  Robert  E.  Babson,  UsJien 

William  N.  Bartholomew,  Teacher  of  Drawing. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS.  89 

GIRLS'  HIGH  AND   NORMAL   SCHOOL, 
MASON    STEEET. 

COMMITTEE. 

Henr)?  Burroughs,  Jr.,  Chairman,  82  Mount  Vernon  Street 

John  F.  Jarvis,  Secretary,  22  Lcvcrctt  Street 

William  B.  Fowle,  7  "West  Chester  Park. 

Benjamin  Fessendcn,  22  Charter  Street. 

Samuel  T.  Cobb,  2  Belmont  Square. 

Aaron  P.  Richardson.  17  Green  Street 

Ezra  Palmer,  1  Treraont  Place. 

George  Hay  ward,  13  Temple  Place. 

Thomas  M.  Brewer,  131  Washington  Street 

Elisha  Bassett,  335  Tremont  Street 

Enoch  C.  Rolfe,  G16  Washington  Street. 

Alden  Speare,  15  E.  Brookline  Street 

Edwin  Briggs,  67  Dorchester  Street 

William  H.  Seavey,  Master. 

Harriet  E.  Caryl,  Head  Assisla77t. 

Jane  H.  Stickney,  Superintendent  of  Training  Department. 

Sarah  D.  Duganne,  Assistant  Training  Department. 

ASSISTANTS. 

Maria  A.  Bacon,  iMary  E.  Scatcs, 

Margaret  A.  Badger,  Adeline  L.  Sylvester. 

Helen  W.  Avery,  Mary  H.  Ellis. 

Emma  A.  Temple.  Frances  A.  Poole. 

Catharine  Knapp,  Elizabeth  C.  Eight 

William  X.  Bartholomew,  Teacher  uj   Draicing. 
Carl  Zorrahn,  Teacher  of  Music. 
Philip  Wilner,  Teacher  of  Gcrmun. 
Edward  Coquard,  Teacher  of  French. 


THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, 


AREANGED  IN  ALPHABETICAL  OEDEIi. 


ADAMS    SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Seth  C.  Ames,  Chairman^  131  "Webster  Street. 
Samuel  T.  Cobb,  Secretary,  2  Belmont  Square. 
Edwin  Wright,  134  Lexington  Street. 
Bradford  L.  Crocker,  124  Webster  Street 
Timothy  H.  Smith,  82  Salem  Street. 
J.  Harvey  Woodbury,  4  Princeton  Street. 
Warren  H.  Cudworth,  1  Meridian  Street. 

ADAMS    SCHOOL,    BELMONT    SQUARE,    EAST    BOSTON. 

Robert  C.  Mctcalf,   Master,  Jane  S.  Tower,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1,  Room  14,  Master's  Room. 

Frank  E.  Preble,  Sub-Master,  Margaret  J.  Allison,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2,  Room  8.  CI.  II.,  Div,  1,  Girls.     Room  12. 

Louisa  E.  Harris,  Bead  Assistant, 
CI.  II.,  Div  1,  Boys.     Room  4. 


Martha  E.  Webb, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1,  Boys, 
Juliette  J.  Pierce, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2,  Boys 
Josephine  J.  Longley, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1,  Girls. 


Assistants. 

Mary  M.  Morse, 


Room  6.         CI.  IV.,  Div.  1,  Boys.     Room  5. 

Almira  G.  Smith, 
Room  7.         CI.  IV.,  Div.  1,  Girls.    Room  1. 
Sarah  J.  D'Arcy, 
Room  10.         CI.  IV.,  Div.  2,  Boys.     Room  3. 
Lucy  A.  Wiggin, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2,  Girls.    Room  2. 
Eunice  H.  C.  Culver,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 
,  Instructor  in  Music. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


91 


Teache7-s. 
Emily  C.  Morse, 
Rosa  L.  Morse, 
Eliza  A.  Wiggin, 
Mary  L.  McLoud, 
Mary  E.  Morse, 
Estlier  L.  Morse, 
Elizabeth  Lincoln, 
Mary  II.  Allen, 
Susan  1).  Wilde, 


PRIMARY    SCHOOLS. 

Location. 
No.  1  —  Sumnre  Street, 
2  "  ." 

Adams  Schoolhousc, 


Sub-  Committees. 


'■Messrs.  Cobb  &  Stuiili 


1  —  Webster  Street.      ^ 

2  "  "  > Messrs.  Anicx  &  Smith. 
8             «<            i.           j 


BIGELOW   SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Henry  A.  Drake,  CJadrman,  333  Broadway. 
Nathaniel  Hayes,  Secretary,  E  Street,  cor.  Broadway. 
J.  Proctor  Haskins,  8  Woodward  Street. 
Edwin  Briggs,  G7  Dorchester  Street. 
Edward  H.  Brainard,  161  Broadway, 
Francis  H.  Underwood,  282  Fourth  Street 
William  H.  Page,  48  Beach  Street. 


BIGELOW    SCHOOL,    FOURTH    STRKET,    SOUTH    BOSTON. 


Charles  Goodwin  Clark,  Master, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1,  Room  L 

Thomas  11.  Barnes,  Sub- Master, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1,  Room  9. 


Sarah  E.  Fisher, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1,  Room  2. 
Mary  A.  Hale, 

CI.  XL,  Div.  2,  Room  5. 
Lydia  E.  Tonkin, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1,  Room  G. 
Lueinda  V.  Works, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2,  Room  3. 
Roxanna  M.  Rlanehard, 

CI.  111.,  Div.  4,  Room  7. 


Rachel  C.  Mather,  Head  Assistant, 
CI.  II.,  Div.  1,  Room  4. 

Mary  A.  Currier,  J/cad  Assistant, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  Room  1. 

Celinda  Seaver,  J/ead  Assisttint, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  1,  Room  11. 

Assistants. 

Lavinia  B.  IVndkton, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  n,  Room  10. 
Florence  W.  Stetson, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2,  Rooms. 
Julia  ClaiJp, 

CI.  IV..  Div.  2,  Uoiim  U. 
Elizabetli  William.^, 

CI.  IV.  Div.  :\,  Room  13. 
Clara  E.  J'arrinRton, 

CI.  IV.  Div.  1,  Room  12. 


92 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Washington  Village  Branch. 

Harriet  S.  Howes, 
CI.  IV.,  Divs.  1,  2,  and  3. 

Henrietta  M.  Whiton,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 
Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Teacher  of  Music. 


Teachers. 
Martha  C.  Jenks, 
Mary  P.  Colburn, 
Ann  Jane  Lyon, 
Lucy  E.  T.  Tinkham, 
Alice  Danforth, 
Anna  C.  Gill, 
Caroline  H.  Holder, 
Sarah  A.  Graham, 
Josephine  B.  Cherrington, 
Maria  A.  Cook, 
Emeline  L.  Tolman, 


No 


PRIMARY   SCHOOLS. 

Location. 

Sub- Committee. 

).  1  —  HawGS 

Hall, 

Haskins  and  Brainard. 

2           " 

Haskins  and  Hayes. 

4          " 

^ 

5 

>  Page  and  Briggs. 

6 

Haskins  and  Hayes. 

7 

Haskins  and  Brainard. 

8           " 

Page  and  Briggs. 

1  —  Lyceum  Hall, 

Haskins  and  Brainard. 

2 

" 

Page  and  Briggs. 

Washington  Village, 


Harriet  A.  Clapp, 
Mary  L.  Howard, 


Mattapan  Hall, 
Rear  of  Hawes  Hall, 


Briggs  and  Underwood. 

Haskins  and  Brainard. 
Page  and  Briggs. 


BOWDITCH   SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Henry  W.  Haynes,  Chairman^  35  Court  Street. 

]M.  Field  Fowler,  Secretary,  25  South  Street. 

Thomas  M.  Brewer,  131  Washington  Street. 

Patrick  Riley,  10  Lincoln  Street. 

John  P.  Ordway,  42  Bedford  Street. 

George  Hayward,  13  Temple  Place. 

Michael  Moran,  73  Purchase  Street. 

William  H.  Page,  48  Beach  Street. 

Dio  Lewis,  20  Essex  Street 

John  A.  Lamson,  1  Staniford  Street. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


93 


William  T.  Adams,  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Caroline  L.  G.  Badger,  Head  Ass't 

Master's  Kooin. 


BOWDITCH    SCHOOL,    SOUTH    gTRKKT. 

Clarinda  R.  F.  Trcadwell,  lltad  Ass't, 

01.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Susan  II.  ThaxUT,  i/ead  Atsistani, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Sarah  E.  Daley,  I/ead  Assistant, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 


Catherine  S.  Clinton, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Frances  R.  Honey, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Ellen  M.  S.  Treadwell, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Ellen  McKendry, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Ann  Nowell, 

CI.  II..  Div.  4. 
Mary  E.  Nichols, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 

Sarah  A.  Pope,  AssistanJ, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  5. 


Assistants. 

Caroline  W.  .Marshall. 

CI.  III.,  Div.  ;?. 
Mary  M.  T.  Foley, 

CI.  III..  Div.  i. 
Annie  B.  Tliompson, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Ros.ilie  Y.  Abbott. 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Carolyn  E.  .Tenni.son, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 


Georgiana  M.  L.  Evert,  Assistant, 
CI.  IV..  Div.  0. 


CI.  IV.,  Div. 


Joseph  B.  Sliarland,  Music  Teacher. 
Eliza  A.  Baxter,  Sewing  Teacher. 
Henry  Farmer,  Janitor. 


Teachers. 
Hannah  E.  G.  Glcason, 
Angclia  M.  Newniarcli. 
Maria  .T.  Coburn, 
Ruth  H.  Clapp, 
Octavia  C.  Heard, 
Mary  G.  Hillman, 
Harrictte  B.  Cutler, 
H.  Isabella  Hopkins, 
Celeste  "Weed, 
.Julia  B.  Lombard, 


PRIMARY    SCnOOLS. 

Locntio)!. 

Sufi- Com  niittres. 

Jo.  1  — High  Strec 

>t  Place, 

Mr.  Moran. 

2         ii            «« 

" 

"  Lnnmon. 

3 

" 

'•  Fowler. 

4 

" 

"  Pngc. 

6 

<t 

"   Hiivward. 

0 

i< 

"  Ordway. 

Belcher  Lane, 

••   Kiley. 

It           It 

"  llrowor. 

Lane  Place, 

"  I.<^wi». 

Purchase  PUcc, 

"  HayncB. 

94 


SCHOOL   ORGANIZATION. 


BOWDOIN  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

John  A.  Lamson,  Chairman,  1  Staniford  Street. 
Calvin  G.  Page,  Secretary,  69  Myrtle  Street. 
Aaron  P.  Eichardson,  17  Green  Street. 
Nathaniel  B.  SlmrtlefF,  2  Beacon  Street. 
J.  Baxter  Upham,  31  Chestnut  Street. 
Loring  Lothrop,  43  Pinckney  Street. 
Ezra  Palmer,  1  Tremont  Place. 
Orrin  S.  Sanders,  1 1  Bowdoin  Street. 
Eobert  I.  Burbank,  8  Staniford  Street. 


BOWDOIN    SCHOOL,    MYRTLE    STREET. 

Daniel  C.  Brown,  Master,  Deborah  Norton,  2d  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Sarah  J.  Mills,  \st  Head  Assistant,        Mary  Young,  Zd  Head  Assistant, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  I.,  Div.  3. 


Emily  G.  Wetherbee, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Sophia  B.  Horr, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Eliza  A.  Fay, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Irene  W.  Wentworth, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 

Martha  A.  Palmer, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Lucy  C.  Gould, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Mary  F.  Grant, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Ann  E.  Kimball, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
— ,  Music  Teacher. 


Teachers. 

Albertina  G.  Porter, 
C.  Eliza  Wason, 
Cliarlotte  A.  Curtis, 
Olivie  Ruggles, 
Lydia  A.  Isbel, 
Louise  J.  Ilovey, 


Helpn  M.  Adams, 
Sarah  E.  Adams, 
Marianne  Stephens, 


PRIMARY    SCHOOLS. 

Location. 
Somerset  Street, 


Blossom  Street, 


Joy  Street, 

Old  Phillips  Schoolhouse, 


§uh-  Committees. 
Mr.  Lamson. 
"  Palmer. 
"  Richardson. 
"  Sanders.    ' 
"  Richardson. 
"  Lothrop. 
"  Sanders. 

"  Page. 

"  Upham. 
*'  Burbank. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


95 


BOYLSTOX  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Edmund  T.  Eastman,  Chairman,  50  Essex  Street 

John  A.  Lam>!on,  Secretary,  1  Staniford  Street 

Patrick  Riley,  10  Lincoln  Street 

John  P.  Ordway,  42  Bedford  Street. 

Charles  Torrey,  10">  Boylston  Street. 

M.  Field  Fowler,  25  South  Street 

Michael  Moran,  73  Purchase  Street 

Charles  Butler,  291  Washington  Street 

Dio  Lewis,  20  Essex  Street. 

Edward  D.  G.  Palmer,  3  Montgomery  Place. 

BOYLSTON    SCnOOL,    FORT    niLL. 

Alfred  Ilewins,  Master,  Henry  H.  Kimball,  Usher, 
Cl.I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 

.lolin  .Tanieson,  Sub-Master,  Mary  A.  Davis,  /fend  Assistant, 
01.  I.,  Div.  2.  Master's  Koom. 


Sarah  Fuller, 

CI.  II.,  DiT.  2. 
Mary  L.  Holland, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Josi'pliine  M.  Ilanna, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Susan  B.  Leeds, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 


Assistnjits. 

Jane  M.  Bullard, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Caroline  A.  Morrill, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Emily  S.  Ilutcliins, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Annie  M.  Ileustis, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  .1. 
,  Music  T' III  her. 


Teachers. 
Clara  A.  Clarke, 
.Marjjaret  F.  Tappan, 
Annie  C.  Haley, 
Adi'lia  Vj.  Kdwards, 
Iniia  A.  B.  Gleason, 
KIkn  M.  Perkins, 
M.iry  E.  Sawyer, 
Maria  V>.  Clap]!. 


PRIMAKY    SCHOOLS. 

Location. 
No.  1  —  Lane  IMacc, 


Siih-Cnmmitirt. 
Mr.  Ka-Htninn. 

**  Torrey. 

*'  Kaxtnmn. 

*•  Ordwiiy. 

"  Fowler. 

"  LaniMon. 

*•  Uullcr. 

"  Mtiran. 


96 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Aniolia  E.  N.  Treadwell, 

1- 

-  Washir 

igton  Square, 

Mr.  Torrcy. 

Anna  M.  Lecain, 

2 

"  Riley. 

Ruth  E.  Rowe, 

3 

"  Fowler. 

Julia  A.  O'Hara, 

4 

"  Ordway. 

Mary  L.  G.  Hanley, 

5 

"  Riley. 

Lydia  B,  Felt, 

6 

"  Falmcr. 

BRIMMER  SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Charles  Edward  Cook,  Chairman,  220  Washington  Street, 

Salem  T.  Lamb,  Secretary,  10  Burroughs  Place. 

Elisha  Bassett,  335  Tremont  Street 

Henry  W.  Harrington,  3  Corey  Avenue. 

Enoch  C.  Eolfe,  616  Washington  Street. 

^I.  Denman  Boss,  76  Boylston  Street. 

Charles  Torrey,  105  Boylston  Street. 

Joseph  L.  Drew,  52  Warren  Street. 

Jacob  M.  Manning,  9  Boylston  Place. 


BRIMMER  SCHOOL,  COMMON  STREET. 

Joshua  Bates,  Master,  Rebecca  L.  Duncan,  Head  Assisianti 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  01.  I.,  Div.  1. 

William  L.  P.  Boardman,  Sub-Master,  Mary  E.  Beck,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  L,  Div.  2.  01.  II.,  Div.  1. 

David  A.  Caldwell,  Usher-, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  3. 


Lavina  E.  Bunton, 

01.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Mercie  T.  Snow, 

01.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Luthera  W.  Bird, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Amanda  Snow, 

01.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 


Harriet  N.  Lane, 

01.  III.,  Div.  4, 
Mercy  A.  Davie, 

01.  IV.,  Div.  1, 
Sarah  J.  March, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Annie  E.  English, 

01.  IV.,  Div.  3. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 

Annie  P.  James,  Susan  P.  Cunnin-liaiii, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3.  CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 

Caroline  B.  Lerow, 
CI.  IV..  Div.  a. 
Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Music  Teinlui . 
Cliarles  Gavett,  .hinitur. 

PRIMARY    SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

SiiL-Commtfiet. 

Martha  J.  Coolidge, 

No 

.  1  —  Newbern  Place, 

Mr, 

.  Rolfe-. 

Dorcas  B.  Bahlwin, 

2             »<              11 

Lamb. 

Catharine  M.  E.  Kiel 

uirdson, 

3             "              " 

R088. 

Eliza  F.  Moriarty, 

1  —  Indiana  Place, 

} 

Lucy  H.  Symonds, 

2                               't                               <4 

^ 

Torr.y. 

Mary  C.  WiUard, 

1  — Nassau  Hall, 

Holfr. 

Helen  M,  Dexter, 

1  —  Warren  Street, 

Harrington. 

Sarah  R.  Bowles, 

2             "              " 

B.lVMtt. 

Emma  F.  Burrill, 

3            '«            " 

HarriiiKton 

Rebecca  J.  Weston, 

4 

Ba.H.«ett. 

Deborah  K.  Burgess, 

5 

Drew. 

Sarah  Farley, 

G 

Lamb. 

Eliza  E.  Foster, 

7            "             «' 

Drew. 

Mary  Beal, 

1— Way  Street, 

.Manning. 

Charlotte  L.  Young, 

2                  14                    «1 

Ross. 

Aunie  L.  Pierce, 

3         "          " 

Manning. 

CHAPMAN  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COM.MITTKK. 

Edwin  Wright,  Cliuirman,  l.'H  Lexington  StrcoL 
Bradford  L.  Crocker,  Secretary,  1 24  \N  eb.stcr  Street. 
J.  Harvey  Woodbury,  4  Princeton  Street. 
Samuel  T.  Cobb,  2  Helmont  Sijuare. 
Scth  C.  Ames,  I;J1  Webster  Street. 
Horace  Dodd,  1 78  Salem  Street 
Timothy  H.  Smith.  .S2  Salem  Street. 
Warren  II.  ("udwortli,  I  .Meridian  StiecL 


98 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


CHAPMAN    SCHOOL,    EU'i'AW    STREET. 


John  P.  Averill,  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  It 
George  II.  Marble,  Sub-Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
James  W.  Webster,  Suh- Master, 

CI.  II.,  Divs.  1  and  2. 


Sarah  F.  Russell, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Sarah  E.  Batcheller, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
A.  Delia  Stickney, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Mary  E.  Moore, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Louisa  M.  CoUyer, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Melissa  E.  D'Arcy, 

CI.  III.,  Divs.  1  and  2. 
Sarah  T.  Butler, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Ellen  R.  White,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Philura  Wright,  Ilead  Assistant, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Roxellana  Howard,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Maria  D.  Kimball,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Assistants. 

Jane  F.  Reid, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Olive  L.  Rogers, 

CI.  IV.,  Divs.  1  and  2. 
Ellen  I.  Bishop, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Caroline  Whitney, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Lydia  B.  Smith, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Ellen  F.  Ryder, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Harriet  N.  Weed, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 


Frances  C.  Close,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 
,  Teacher  of  Music. 


Teachers. 
EUenette  Pillsbury, 
Mary  C.  Hall, 
Frances  H.  Turner, 
Hannah  F.  Crafts, 
Margaret  A.  Bartlett, 
Harriet  N.  Tyler, 
Jane  E.  Beale, 
Sarah  A.  Pratt, 
Mary  D.  Day, 
M.  Jane  Peaslee, 
Huldah  H.  Mitchell, 
Caroline  A.  Littlefield, 
Caroline  L.  Ditson, 
Almaretta  J.  Critchett, 
Mary  E.  Gray, 
Mary  A.  Ford, 
Ellen  M.  Robbins, 


PRIMARY    SCHOOLS. 

Location. 
No.  1  —  Lexington  Street, 
2  "  " 

3 

1  —  Monmouth  Street, 

2  "  " 

1  —  Bennington  Hall, 

1  —  Porter  Street, 

2  "  " 

3  "  " 

4  " 

5  "  " 
6 


Suh- Committee. 
Mr.  Wright. 

"  Crocker. 
"  Wright. 


Messrs.  Woodbury 
and  Dodd. 


J 
1  —  Saratoga  Street,  No.  224, 


Mr.  Woodbury 


No.  37 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


99 


DWIGHT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTKE. 

Mathias  Rich,  Chairman,  8  West  Dedham  Street 

Benjamin  W,  Williams,  Serretart/,  ?,C^  Clarendon  Street 

"William  H.  LcaruarJ,  Jr.  01  Rutland  Street 

Joseph  L.  Drew,  52  Warren  Street 

Alden  Spcarc,  15  East  Rrooklinc  Street 

M.  Dcnman  Ross,  7G  Boylston  Street 

Stephen  L,  Emery,  603  Tremont  Street 

Charles  W.  Slack,  10  Garland  Street. 

Robert  C.  Waterston,  71  Chester  Square. 

Ira  L.  Moore,  650  Washington  Street 


DWIGHT    SCHOOL,  SPRINGFIELD    STRKET. 

James  A.  Page,  Master,  Lucius  A.  Whcelock,  dher, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  01.  II.,  Div.  1. 

Charles  Hutchins,  Sub-Master,  Mary  T.  Ro.ss,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2.  CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 


Mary  C.  Browne, 

CL  XL,  Div.  2, 
Martha  A.  Joslin, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Eliza  A.  Allen, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Eva  M.  Keller, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 


Assistants. 

Jane  M.  Iliglit, 


CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 
Clara  B.  3ould, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
S.  Amelia  Everett, 
2.  CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 

Jane  E.  Bunton, 
,  3.  CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 

Sarah  J.  Pilsl.ury, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 

Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Teacher  of  Music. 
Thomas  W.  Pcmberton,  Janitor. 


PRIMAKY 

SCHOOLS. 

Teachers. 

Location. 

Mary  C.  R.  Towle, 

N> 

u.  1 

—  Uuth 

unci  Street, 

Martha  B.  Lucas, 

2 

" 

Sarah  E.  Crocker, 

3 

" 

Henrietta  Draper, 

4 

" 

Eliza  G.  Swett, 

.■> 

" 

Jane  P.  Titcomb, 

6 

t« 

Siib-Conimittees. 
Mr.  WnttTitton. 
"  Slnck. 
"   Rich. 
"   WilliamB. 
"  Spcarc. 
"  Moore. 


100 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


ELIOT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Edward  D.  Or.  Palmer,  Chairman,  3  Montgomery  Place. 

Joseph  D.  Fallon,  Secretary,  47  Court  Street. 

Charles  A.  Turner,  364:  Hanover  Street. 

George  F.  Haskins,  2  North  Square. 

Benjamin  Fessenden,  25  Charter  Street. 

Benjamin  T.  Gould,  1  Prospect  Street. 

Horace  Dodd,  178  Salem  Street. 

William  A.  Krueger,  42  Sheafe  Street. 

Warren  S.  Beal,  2  Blossom  Court. 

Michael  Leary,  Merrimac  House. 

ELIOT     SCHOOL,    NORTH    BENNET    STREET. 

Samuel  W.  Mason,  Master,  Walter  H.  Newell,  Usher, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 

McLaurin,  F.  Cook,  Sub-Master,  Marcy  Foster,  Head  Assistant, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  2.  CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 


Assistants. 

Elizabeth  M.  Turner 

'j 

Mary  F.  Perkins, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 

Sarah  C.  Goodrich, 

0.  Augusta  Welch, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 

Mary  A.  E.  Sargent, 

Mary  E.  Hutchins, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 

Frances  IM.  Bodge, 

Georgiana  D.  Russell, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 

Sarah  Larrabee, 

Lydia  K.  Potter, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 

.Joseph  B. 

.  Sharland,  Music  Teacher. 

Patrick  Reardon,  Janitor. 

PRIMARY 

SCHOOLS. 

Teachers, 

Location.                                Sub- Committees. 

Sarah  A.  Winsor, 
Sopliia  Shepherd, 

No. 

1  — 
2 

Snelling  Place,                  ) 

„             „                       >  Mr.  Dodd. 

Clarissa  Davis, 

3 

"             "                            "  Fessenden. 

Cleone  G.  Towksbur 

J'. 

4 

"            "                             "  Fallon. 

SCHOOL    DISTRICT'S. 


101 


Antonia  Ilarvoy, 
Harrift  S.  Boody, 
Eliza  Brintnall, 
Eliza  J.  Cosjjrave, 


Juliaotte  Davis, 
Julia  Ann  Cutts, 
Sarah  Kipley, 
Josephine  O.  Paine, 
Frances  E.  Ilarnxl, 
Catharine  S.  Sawyer, 
Mary  E.  Barrett, 
Margaret  J.  Flood, 


5  —  Snelling  Place, 

Mr.  Palmer. 

6 

"  Fessenden, 

1—22  Charter  Street, 

"  Uould. 

2                  «'              '* 

"  Turner. 

3                 "             '« 

) 

4 

}     "  Leary. 

1  —  Rear  22  Charter  Street, 

"  Turner. 

*>                         it                                         ti 

3 

>     "  Real. 

1  —North  Bonnet  Stn-i-t, 

*'  Kruepcr. 

'2               a                a               It 

•*  Palmer. 

3 

"  Hawkins. 

4           n          tt           tt 

"  Gould. 

EVERETT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Aldcn  Speare,  Chairman,  15  East  Brooklinc  Street, 
Stephen  L.  Emery,  Secretary,  G03  Treiuout  Street. 
Charles  W.  Slack,  10  Garland  Street 
]\Iatthias  Rich,  8  West  Dedhara  Street 
"William  H.  Learnard,  Jr.  Gl  Rutland  Street 
Edmund  T.  Eastman,  50  Essex  Street 
Charles  H.  Spring.  7  Harrison  Avenue. 
]\I.  Denman  Ross,  7G  Boylston  Street 
Robert  C.  ^Yaterston,  71  Chester  Square. 
Benjamin  W.  Williams,  36  Clarendon  Street 


EVERETT    SCHOOL,    WE.'T    NORTFIAMPTON    STRKET. 
George  B.  Hyde,  Master,  Anna  C.  Ellis,  ffeml  Assistant, 

CI,  I.,  Div,  1,  CI.  III..  Div.  2. 

Francis  E.  Keller,  Iknd  Assistant,       Emma  F.  Titus.  Ifrad  Assistant, 
01.  I,,  Div,  1.  CI.  I..  Div.  3. 

Louisa  Tucker,  I/eari  Assistant, 
CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 


102 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Helen  Beaumont, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Frances  R.  Josselyn, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Anna  B.  Thompson, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Emily  F.  Tolman, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 


Assistants. 

Mary  A.  Gavett, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Louisa  M.  Alline, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Elizaheth  A.  Browne, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Ann  J.  Bolden, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Sarah  W.  Pollard, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Martha  A.  Sargent,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 

,  Music  Teacher. 

Thomas  W.  Pemberton,  Janitor. 

PRIMARY  SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Suh-  Committees. 

Eliza  C.  Gould, 

No.  1  - 

-  Concord  Street, 

Mr.  Williams. 

Laura  A.  Farnsworth, 

2 

ii 

(( 

"  Speare. 

Mary  A.  Crocker, 
Anna  R.  Frost, 

3 
4 

u 

\     "  Slack. 

Caroline  S.  Lamb, 

5 

(( 

" 

"  Learnard. 

Lydia  A.  Saw3'er, 
Mary  T.  Bunton, 

6 

7 

ii 
<( 

"  Spring. 
"  Eastman. 

Hannah  M.  Coolidge, 
Caroline  F.  Barr, 

9 
11 

(( 
(( 

"  Ross. 
"  Rich. 

Lydia  F.  Blanchard, 

4 

12 

(< 

i( 

"  Waterston, 

FRANKLIN  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  C.  Kolfe,  Chairman,  616  Washington  Street. 

Benjamin  W.  Williams,  Secretary,  36  Clarendon  Street, 

Ira  L.  Moore,  650  Washington  Street. 

William  E.  Underwood,  743  Washington  Street 

William  H.  Learnard,  Jr.  61  Eutland  Street. 

Matthias  Eich,  8  West  Dedham  Street. 

Alden  Speare,  15  East  Brookline  Street. 

Joseph  L.  Drew,  52  Warren  Street 

Robert  C.  Waterston,  71  Chester  Square. 

Stephen  L.  Emery,  603  Tremont  Street 

Charles  W.  Slack,  10  Garland  Street. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


10:3 


FRANKLIN    SCUOOL,    RINGGOLD    STREET. 

Granville  B.  Putnam,  Master,  Sarah  A.  Gale,  Head  Aaistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 

Amelia  B.  Hopkins,  Head  Assistant,    Sarah  V.  Mitchell,  I/ead  Assistant, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  I.,  Div.  3. 

Catharine  T.  SimonJs,  If'tul  A^mtnnt, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 


Lydia  II.  Emmona, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Mary  J.  Leach, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Isabella  M.  IlSrmon, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Elizabeth  J.  Brown, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
L.  Isabel  Barry, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 

P.  Catharine  Bradford, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Abby  D.  Tucker, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 
Anna  E.  Parker, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Mary  A.  Mitchell, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Susan  E.  Gates, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Maria  S.  Walcott,  Sewing  Teacher. 

,  Music  (Teacher. 

Amos  Lincoln,  Janitor. 


Teachers. 

Lucy  M.  Beck, 

Susan  H.  Chaffee, 

Anna  T.  Corliss, 

Josepliine  G.  Whipple, 

Georgiana  A.  Ballard, 

Frances  M.  Sylvester, 

Hannah  E.  Perry, 

Maria  Jenkins, 

Elizabctli  P.  Cummings, 
Eliza  J.  Dyer, 
Julia  M.  Brown, 
Harriet  M.  Faxon, 
Sarali  S.  Saunders, 
Frances  J.  Crocker, 
Sarah  F.  Mason, 
Lucy  A.  Gate, 
Caroline  A.  Miller, 


PRIMARY 

scnooLs. 

Location. 

Sub-  Com  m  it  tees. 

No.  1  — 

Genesee  Street, 

Mr. 

Rolte. 

2 

"            " 

" 

Driw. 

3 

" 

" 

Shuk. 

I  — 

Suffolk  Street, 

•' 

Underwood. 

2 

a 

" 

Moore. 

3 

11                 ^l 

" 

I'nderwood. 

4 

tk                 it 

" 

Willinma. 

6 

<t                 it 

«' 

Slack. 

G 

" 

" 

Leurnard. 

7 

" 

•' 

^Vllter^ton. 

8 

<(                 II 

" 

Kolfe. 

1- 

-  Groton  Street, 

" 

SjMare. 

2 

.. 

" 

Williumi. 

3 

" 

•' 

Slack. 

4 

.. 

•' 

Muorr. 

5 
0 

"            " 

•* 

Rich. 
Leurnard. 

104 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


HANCOCK   SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

Charles  A.  Turner,  Chairman,  364  Hanover  Street. 

Joseph  D.  Fallon,  Secretary,  47  Court  Street. 

E.  D.  G.  Palmer,  3  Montgomery  Place. 

George  F,  Haskins,  2  North  Square. 

Aaron  P.  Eichardson,  17  Green  Street. 

Benjamin  Fessenden,  25  Charter  Street 

Horace  Dodd,  178  Salem  Street.  • 

George  Hubbard,  3^  Portland  Street. 

Dexter  S.  King,  34  Bowdoin  Street. 

"William  A.  Krueger,  A  2  Sheafe  Street. 

Timothy  H.  Smith,  82  Salem  Street. 

HANCOCK    SCHOOL,     RICHMOND    PLACE. 

William  E.  Sheldon,  Master.  Mary  L.  ShefBold,  Head  Assistant. 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 

Angelina  A.  Brigham,  Head  Assistant. 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 

Assistants. 


Alicia  H.  Gilley, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  3. 
Amy  E.  Bradford, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Helen  M.  Hitchins, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Josephine  M.  Robertson, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Emily  F.  Fessenden, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Martha  F.  Winning, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  4. 
Ellen  A.  Hunt, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Mary  Carleton, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Sarah  E.  White, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Sarah  F.  Stevens, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  -t. 
Kate  S.  Doane, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1, 
Henrietta  L.  Pierce, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Achsah  Barnes, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Malvina  R.  Brigham, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Augusta  C.  Kimball, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  5. 
Mary  E.  Nichols. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


lO.-j 


Caroline  Z.  Harrod,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 
Joseph  B.  Sliarliind,  Teacher  of  Music. 
Franklin  Evelcth,  Janitor. 


PRIMARY     SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

/. 

oca /lore. 

Sub- Committees, 

Sarah  J.  Copp, 

No.  1  - 

■Thacher   Street, 

Mr 

.  Richardson. 

M.  Alice  Mansfield, 

2 

(1            i< 

" 

Turner. 

Sarah  L.  Shepherd, 

3 

.< 

ti 

Hubbard. 

Mary  S.  Gale, 

1- 

-  North  Margin  Street, 

It 

Dodd. 

Mary  J.  Clark, 

2 

11                tt 

'♦ 

Palmer. 

Mary  P.  Taylor, 

1- 

■  Hanover  Street, 

V 

Fallon. 

Emily  A.  Tewksbury, 

2 

<i            li 

Mary  C.  Harden, 

3 

((            it 

" 

Krueger. 

Adeline  S.  Bodge, 

1- 

-  Bennet  Avenue, 

" 

King. 

Ellen  C.  Sawtellc, 

2 

11            11 

" 

Fessonden. 

Esther  W.  Mansfield, 

1- 

-  Sheafe  Street, 

" 

" 

Eunice  F.  Linslcy, 

2 

<<            (( 

" 

Turner. 

Martha  F.  Boody, 

3 

11                    <c 

" 

Richardifon. 

Susan  Page, 
Harriet  B.  V«se, 

2- 
3 

-  Cooper  Street, 

11          <i 

]•■ 

Smith. 

Sarah  F.  Ellis, 

4 

(I                tc 

" 

Dodd. 

Mary  E.  Gallagher, 

1  — 

•  Hanover  Avenue, 

" 

Hiu>kin«. 

Augusta  H.  Barrett, 

2 

11            ii 

tl 

Fessi-ndcn. 

Maria  A.  Gibbs, 

3 

C(                       11 

tt 

Haskins. 

LAWRENCE   SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Edward  H.  Brainard,  Chairman,  161  Broadway. 
Nathaniel  Hayes,  Secretary,  E  Street,  Cor.  Broadway. 
J.  Proctor  Haskins,  8  Woodward  Street. 
Edwin  Briggs,  67  Dorchester  Street. 
Francis  H.  Underwood.  2S2  Fourth  Street 
Henry  A.  Drake,  33.'?  Broadway. 
Charles  H.  Spring,  7  Harrison  Avenue. 
Michael  Moran,  73  Purchase  Street. 


106 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


LAWRENCE    SCHOOL,     B    STKEET,    SOUTH    BOSTON. 


Josiah  A.  Stearns,  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Henry  C.  Hardon,  Sub-Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 


Margaret  Kyle,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Mary  W.  Conant,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Kate  W.  Towne,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 


Juliette  Smith, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Alice  Cooper, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  4. 
Martha  A.  Thompson, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Sarah  O.  Babcock, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Elizahetli  S.  Jefferds, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Margarette  A.  Moody, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 

Sarah  J.  Bliss,  Teacher  of  Sewing. 
Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Teacher  of  Music. 
J.  C.  Burton,  Janitor. 


Louisa  C.  Richards, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Margaret  A.  Gleason, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Caroline  Blanchard, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Eliza  L.  Darling, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Mary  N.  Moses, 

CI.  IV.,  Divs.  3  &  4. 


PRIMARY     SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Lucinda  Smith, 

No.  1- 

-  Silver  Street, 

Sarah  M.  Dawson, 

2 

((                    (C 

Mary  F.  Peeler, 

3 

li             li 

Sarah  S.  Blake, 

4 

11             (( 

Mary  F.  Baker, 

5 

(<              (( 

Mary  A.  Macnair, 

6 

(<              (( 

Olive  "W.  Green, 

1- 

-  Mather  Schoc 

Mary  E.  Eox, 

2 

(( 

Sarah  V.  Cunningham, 

3 

(( 

Sarah  E.  Hall, 

4 

<t 

Mary  K.  Davis, 

5 

(( 

Mary  Kyle, 

6 

<( 

Ann  E.  Newell, 

7 

(( 

Eebecca  H.  Bird, 

8 

(<                < 

Laura  A.  Eeed, 

9 

((                 < 

Mary  Lincoln, 

10 

((                 < 

Sub-  Committees. 
•Messrs.  Spring  and  Moran. 

Messrs.  Moran  and  Spring. 

ouse,  Hayes  &  Underwood. 
Haskins  and  Hayes. 
Hayes  &  Underwood. 

>  Haskins  and  Hayes. 

Hayes  and  Underwood. 

VBriggs   and  Drake. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


107 


LINCOLN   SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEK. 

Francis  H.  Underwood,  Cliainmm,  2^2  Fourth  Street 

Nathaniel  Hayes,  Secretary,  E  Street,  corner  of  Broadway. 

J.  Proctor  Haskins,  8  Woodward  Street. 

Henry  A.  Drake,  3.j3  Broadway. 

Edwin  Briggs,  G7  Dorchester  Street, 

Edward  H.  Brainard,  IGl  Broadway. 

Charles  Torrey,  105  Boylston  Street. 

LINCOLN    SCHOOL;    BROADWAY.    SOUTH     BOSTON. 


Samuel  Barrett,  3faster, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Charles  A.  Morrill,  Sub-Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 


Mary  E.  Balch,  Ifend  Assistant, 

CI.  I..  Div.  1. 
Abby  M.  Ilulder,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Myra  S.  Butterfield,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  li. 


Assistants. 


^nne  M.  Brown, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Laura  Bartktt, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Cynthia  H.  Sears, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Ariadne  B.  Jewell, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.   1. 


Frances  A.  Nicklcs, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Harriet  A.  Stowill, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3, 
Ellen  R.  Wynian, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Lucy  W.  Clark, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  5. 


Joseph  B.  Sbarland.    Teacher  of  Vocal  Music. 
Elizabeth  Bedlington,   Teacher  of  Sewing. 
Melzar  Stetson,  Janitor. 


Teachers. 

Laura  J.  Gerry, 
Sarah  E.  Varney, 
Lucv  C.  Bartiett, 


PRIMARY    SCHOOLS. 

Location.  Suh-Committres. 

No.  .T  —  Linroln  Srhoolhousc,  Torroy  and  Brninnrd. 

2  —  Hear  of  Hawos  Hull,  Haskins  and  Brainard. 

3  _  llawoR  HjiU,  raP'^  and  Brainard. 


108 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Teachers. 

Caroline  R.  Holway, 
Caroline  M.  Lyon, 
Tiley  A.  Bolkcom, 
Susan  W.  Smith, 
Mary  H.  Faxon, 
Mary  E.  Easton, 


Location. 
1  —  City  Point, 
2 
3 
4 


Svb-  Committees. 


^ 


'Hayes  and  Drake. 


J 


Chapel,       f  rpo^rey  and  Brainard" 


LYMAN  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

J.  Harvey  Woodbury,  Chairman,  4  Princeton  Street. 
Warren  H.  Cudworth,  Secretary,  1  Meridian  Street. 
Bradford  L.  Crocker,  124  Webster  Street. 
Samuel  T.  Cobb,  2  Belmont  Square. 
Setb  C.  Ames,  131  Webster  Street. 
George  Hubbard,  3^  Portland  Street. 
Edwin  Wright,  134  Lexington  Street. 


LYMAN    SCHOOL,    MERIDIAN    STREET,    EAST    BOSTON. 


Hosea  H.  Lincoln,  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
James  F.  Blackinton,  Sub-Master, 

CI.  II. 


Emma  Clark,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Cordelia  Lothrop,  Head  Assistant, 

Cls.  II.  and  III. 
Eliza  F.  Russell,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  III. 


Mary  A.  Turner, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 

Amelia  H.  Pitman, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 


Assistants. 


Harriet  N.  Webster, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 

Lucy  J.  Lothrop, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 


Frances  C.  Close,   Teacher  of  Sewing. 
,   Teacher  of  Music. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


109 


PBIMART     SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Sub- Committees 

Anna  J.  Duncan, 

No.  1  —  Paris  Street,     ' 

Abby  M.  Allen. 

-> 

Isabella  A.  Bilby, 
Hannah  C.  Atkins, 

3             .4            a 

4 

'Cudworth  and  Hubbr 

'Susan  II.  M.  Swan, 

5          "         " 

Hannah  L.  Manson. 

6          "         " 

Caroline  St  Litchfield. 

Ward  Kooni.                   -j 

Angeline  M.  Cudworth, 

Sumner  Hall,                [ 

f  Mr.  Crocker. 

Jane  P.  Wood, 

8  Elbow  Street,             J 

:mayhew  school  district. 

COMMITTEE. 

Samuel  H.  Winkley,  Chairman,  5  Chambers  Street 
Timothy  H.  Smith,  Secretary,  82  Salem  Street 
George  Hubbard,  3J  Portland  Street 
Dexter  S.  King,  34  Bowdoin  Street 
William  C.  Williamson,  23  McLean  Street 
Calvin  G.  Page,  G9  Myrtle  Street 
Orrin  S.  Sanders,  11  Bowdoin  Street. 

MAYIIEW    SCIIOOI.,     HAWKINS     STREET. 

Samuel  Swan,  Master,  and  Teacher  L.  Hall  Grandgcnt,  Usher, 
of  Music,  CI.  I.,  Div.  \.  CI.  II.,  Div.   1. 

Quincy  E.  Dickerman,  Sub-Master,  Emily  A.  Monlton,  Head  .issistani, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  2.  CI.  I.,  Div.   1. 


Assistants. 


Elizabeth  P.  Hopkins, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Sarah  W.  I.  Copeland, 

CI.  III.,  Div.   1. 
Caroline  F.  Heed, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Elizabeth  L.  West, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 


Florcna  Gray, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Margaret  R.  Atkinjon, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Adeline  F.  Cutter. 

CI.  IV..  Div.  a. 


110 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


PRIMARY     SCHOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Sarali  E.  Copeland, 
Maria  L.  Cummings, 
Betliiah  Whiting, 
Henrietta  B.  Tower, 
Pennclia  Stevens, 
Delia  F.  Lindsley, 
Harriet  S.  Lothrop, 
Harriet  A.  Farrow, 
Lois  M.  Eea, 
Martha  E.  Lauriat, 


Location. 

Suh-  Committees. 

No.  1  — Chardon  Street, 

Mr 

.  King. 

2              " 

" 

Sanders. 

3             "            " 

(( 

Page. 

5              "             " 

" 

Smith. 

6              "             " 

u 

Sanders. 

Old  Hancock  Schoolhouse, 

«' 

Smitli. 

((                            u 

5 

Hubbard. 

South  Margin  Street, 

" 

Williamson. 

67  Merrimac  Street, 

u 

Smith. 

PHILLIPS   SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Loring  Lothrop,  Chairman,  43  Pinckney  Street 

Henry  Warren,  Secretary,  25  Green  Street. 

J.  Baxter  Upham,  31  Chestnut  Street. 

S.  K.  Lothrop,  12  Chestnut  Street. 

John  F.  Jarvis,  22  Leverett  Street. 

Dexter  S.  King,  34  Bowdoin  Street 

Henry  Burroughs,  Jr.,  82  Mount  Vernon  Street 

Eobert  L  Burbank,  8  Staniford  Street 


PHILLIPS    SCHOOL,    SOUTHAC    STREET. 


James  Hovey,  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Amphion  Gates,  Sub-Master, 
CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 


Elias  H.  Marston,  Usher, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 
Emma  J.  Fuller,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


Ill 


Assistants. 


Laura  M.  Porter, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 

Lucy  S.  Nevins, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1, 

Abby  A.  Reed, 

CL  III.,  Div.  2. 

Elvira  RI.  Harrington, 
CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 


Hannah  M.  Sutton, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Gcorgiana  H.  Moore, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
M.  Josephine  Dugnn, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Emily  A.  IVrkins, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 


Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Music   Teacher. 


PRIMARY     SCUOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Sub-Committees. 

Caroline  P.  Eastman, 

No. 

1- 

-  Southae  Street, 

Mr, 

.  Jarvis. 

Sarah  A.  M.  Turner, 

2 

<i            i( 

" 

Warren 

Mary  A.  Allen, 

3 

U                         (( 

it 

Burbank. 

Eliza  A.  Corthell, 

1- 

-  Old  Phillips  Schoolhouse, 

,    " 

Jarvis. 

Sarah  Ingalls, 

2 

((         i(                11 

^ 

Emcline  D.  Fish, 

3 

11        ((                >< 

i" 

Kinpf. 

Harriet  H.  King, 

1- 

-  Joy  Street, 

J 

Ruth  M.  Sanborn, 

Western  Avenue, 

i( 

Upham. 

Addie  L.  Jcpson, 

Phillips 

Schoolhouse, 

Warren. 

QUINCY  SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Charles  Torrey,  Chairman,   105  Boylston  Street 
Edmund  T.  Eastman,  Secretary,  50  Essex  Street. 
Henry  W.  Harrington,  3  Corey  Avenue. 
William  E.  Underwood,  743  Washington  Street. 
Thomas  M.  Brewer,  8  Edinboro'  Street. 
Elijah  C.  Drew,  40  State  Street 
Patrick  Eiley,  10  Lincoln  Street 
George  Hay  ward,  13  Terajile  Place. 
William  H.  Page,  48  Peach  Street 
Charles  Butler,  291  Washington  Street 
Ira  L.  Moore,  650  Washington  Street 


112 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


QUINCT    SCHOOL,    TYLER    STREET. 


Charles  E.  Valentine,  Master, 

CI.  L,  Div.  1. 
E.  Frank  Wood,  Sub-Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2. 
Henry  C.  BuUard,  Usher, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 


Annie  M.  Lund,  Head  Assistant, 

Ci.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Lydia  A.  Hanson,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 


Harriet  D.  Hinckley, 

CI.  n.,  Div.  3. 
Louisa  F.  Monroe, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Angeline  A.  Moulton, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 
Emily  J.  Tucker, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  3. 
Olive  M.  Page, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 


CI.  IV.,  Div,  I. 
Elizabeth  T.  Bailey, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.. 2. 
Charlotte  L.  Wheelwright, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 
Emily  B.  Peck, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 
Anna  F.  Hinckley, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  5. 


Joseph  B.  Sharland,  Teacher  of  Music. 
Daniel  Keefe,  Janitor. 


BEANCH  OF  QUINCY  SCHOOL. 


OLD    FRANKLIN  SCHOOLHOTJSE. 


Alfred  Bunker,  Usher, 
CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 


E.  Maria  Simonds,  Head  Assistant, 
CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 


Mary  A.  Sylvester, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 

Emma  M.  Thomas, 
CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 


CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


113 


PRIMARY     SCHOOLS. 


Teacheis. 
Susan  Frizzell, 
Elizabeth  P.  Bcntky, 
Mary  L.  Riclianls, 
Caroline  D.  Pollard. 
Dora  Norton, 
Ellen  E.  Leach, 
Catharine  E.  GreenwooJ. 
Abby  F.  Ilutchins, 
Harriet  A.  Bettis, 
Priscilla  .Johnson, 
Sarah  E.  Lewis, 
Elizabeth  C.  Frink, 
Sophronia  N.  Herrick, 
Marian  A.  Flynn, 
Hannah  A.  Lawrence. 
Adi'lino  Stockbridfje, 
Matilda  Mitchell, 


Location. 

Sub-Comniillees. 

so.    1  - 

—  East  Street, 

Mr 

.  M<ti>ro. 

2 

it 

" 

Harrington. 

3 

'• 

Hityward. 

4 

" 

L'nderwood. 

5 

" 

Moore. 

G 

•' 

Butler. 

7 

" 

Drew. 

8 

" 

Brewer. 

10 
11 

1" 

PaKe. 
Eautmnn. 

12 

t< 

Brewer. 

1 

1 

MMfO, 

" 

Drew. 

2 

Riley. 

a 

.> 

) 

4 

" 

i" 

Torrey. 

engine 

House, 

East  Sti 

reel, 

Ilarrinfrlon. 

WELLS  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

COMMITTEE. 

John  F.  Jarvis,  Chairman,  22  Lcvcrctt  Street 
Henry  Warren,  Secretary,  25  Green  Street. 
Benjamin  T.  Gould,  1  Prospect  Street 
Loring  Lothrop,  4.3  Pinckney  Street. 
Samuel  H.  Wiuklcy.  5  Chambers  Street 
Aurelius  L.  Weymouth,  9  Green  Street. 
Michael  Leary,  ]\[crriraac  House. 
William  C.  Williamson,  2.3  McLean  Sta-et 
Warren  S.  Bcal,  2  Blossom  Court. 

WELLS    SCHOOL,    BLOSSOM     STRF.KT. 


Houbcn  Swan.  Master, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Ellen  F.  Preble,  FTead  Assistant, 

CI.   I..  Div.   1. 

N 


Sarah  .1.  Sanborn.  Ilntd  Afstttnnt, 

CI.  I..  Div.  2. 
Bessie  T.  Cnpeii,  ffead  Attistant, 

CI.  I.,   Div    L>. 


114 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Assistants. 


Mary  S.  Carter, 

CI.  II.,  I3iv.  1. 
Sarah  J.  Lothrop, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 
Juliana  Sparrell, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Lydia  S.  Chandler, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Ellen  M.  Brown, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  1. 
Lydia  A.  Beck, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Elizabeth  P.  "Winning, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  2. 
Matilda  A.  Gerry, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  3. 


Joseph  B.  Sharland,   Teacher  of  Music. 
James  Martin,  Janitor. 

PRIMARY     SCnOOLS. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Sub-  Committees. 

Elizabeth  D.  McCluer, 
Mary  F.  Jones, 

No.  1- 
2 

-  Wall  Street, 

} 

Mr.  Warren. 

Anna  A.  James, 

3 

(( 

(C 

"     Gould. 

Sarah  A.  Randall, 
Harriet  0.  Brown, 

4 
5 

(( 

} 

"     Winkley. 

Mary  L.  Bailey, 

6 

(t 

(( 

"     Leary. 

Lucy  M.  A.  Redding, 

1- 

-  Poplar 

Street, 

"     Lothrop. 

Maria  W.  Turner, 

2 

(( 

(( 

"     Weymouth. 

Elizabeth  W.  Snow, 

8 

u 

" 

> 

"     Beal. 

Sarah  C.  Chevaillier, 

4 

<l 

(( 

5 

Elizabeth  S.  Foster, 

5 

(( 

" 

"    Weymouth. 

Mary  S.  Watts, 

6 

C( 

(( 

"     Williamson. 

WINTHROP    SCHOOL   DISTRICT. 


COMMITTEE. 

Thomas  M.  Brewer,  Chairman,  8  Edinboro'  Street. 

Salem  T.  Lamb,  Secretary,  10  Burroughs  Place. 

Elisba  Basse tt,  335  Tremont  Street. 

Elijah  C.  Drew,  40  State  Street. 

Ezra  Palmer,  1  Tremont  Place. 

Enoch  C.  Rolfe,  616  Washington  Street 


SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 


11.0 


Charles  Edward  Cook,  220  Washin^on  Street, 
Charles  H.  Spring,  7  Harrison  Avenue. 
Jacob  M.  Manning,  9  Boylston  Place. 
William  H.  Page,  48  Beach  Street 


WINTIIROP    SCHOOL,     TREMONT     STllKET. 

Eobcrt  Swan,  Master.  Rebecca  P.  Barry,  Ihad  Astistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  3. 
Susan  A.  W.  Loring,  Head  Assistant,  Alniira  Seymour,  Head  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1.  CI.  II.,  Div.  1. 

May  Gertrude  Ladd,  Head  Assistant,  Mary  Newell,  Jlead  Assistant, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  2.  CI.  II.,  Div.  2. 


Assistants. 


Abbie  A.  Cutter, 

CI.  I.,  Div.  1. 
Maria  L.  S.  Ogden, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Mary  E.  Moorhouse, 

CI.  II.,  Div.  3. 
Elizabeth  S.  Emmons, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Mary  E.  Davis, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  1. 
Narcissa  A.  Avery, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  2. 


Mary  J.  Danforth, 

CI.  III..  Div.  3. 
Julia  A.  .Jelliiion, 

CI.  III.,  Div.  4. 
Emma  K.  Valentine, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  I. 
Frances  C.  Jennison, 

CI.  IV..  Div.  2. 
Hannah  II.  Ilosmor, 

CI.  IV..  Div.  3. 
Emily  M.  Hathaway, 

CI.  IV.,  Div.  4. 


Hannah  A  Rolfe,  Teacher  of  Sewiny. 

,   Ttacher  of  Music. 

Daniel  O'Keefe,  Janitor. 


PIUM.UtY     SCU00L3. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

Sub-Committttg. 

Ella  M.  Seavcrns, 

No 

.  1  —  Harrison  .\venue, 

Mr.  I'nifo. 

Rebecca  R.  Tiiayer, 

2 

"     I'uliner. 

Abby  M.  Mills, 

3 

"     Brewer. 

Mary  B.  Brown, 

4 

"    Holfe. 

Mary  A.  B.  Gore, 

1  —  Tyler  Street, 

••    Drew. 

Anna  0.  Junes, 

•2           ••          »« 

"    Mnnninir 

Abby  J.  Glover, 

z 

**    Brewer. 

116 


SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Teachers. 

Location. 

S  III- Committees. 

Caroline  M.  Grover, 
ILinnah  E.  Moore, 

No.  4  — Tyler  Street, 
5           "         " 

\  Mr.  Cook. 

Frances  Torrey, 
Anna  M.  Penniman, 

G          "         " 

1  —  Hudson  Street, 

"    Spring. 
>  "    Bassett. 

Caroline  L.  P.  Torrey, 

2             "            '' 

Agnes  Duncan, 
Henrietta  K.  Madigan, 

3            "           " 
^            <(            (( 

\  "    Lamb. 

TRUANT   OFFICERS. 


.  The  city  is  divided  into  four  Truant  Di:>tricts,  each  com- 
prehending five  school  dij^tricts,  as  (»lio\vn  in  the  following 
table  :  — 


OFFICERS. 

DISTRICTS. 

SCnOOL   DISTRICTS 
BEI-ONGINO. 

Chase  Cole, 

North, 

Adams,  Chapman,   Eliot,   Hancock, 
Lyman. 

George  M.  Feloh, 

Central, 

Boylston,  Bowdoin,  Mavliow,  Pliil- 
lips,  Wells. 

E.  G.  Richardson, 

Southern, 

Brimmer,        Bnwditcli,        Franklin, 
Quincy,    Winllirop. 

Phineas  Bates. 

South, 

Bigelow,     Dwight,     Evcn-lt, 
rence,    Lincoln. 

Each  officer  has  order-boxes  at  certain  convenient  places  in 
his  di.'strict,  where  teachers  may  send  notes  when  they  desire  to 
report  cases  of  truancy  to  him. 

These  boxes  are  located  as  follows  :  — 


Ordeu-Boxes. 

North   D'istitit. 

Police  Station  No.  1.   llnnuver  Strc«>t. 
Police  Station  No.  8,   ICast  IJoston. 


118  SCHOOL    ORGANIZATION. 


Central  District. 

Boylston  School,  Mayhew  School. 
Police  Station  No.  3,  Joy  Street. 

Sutithcrn  District. 

Corner  of  Harrison  Avenue  and  Castle  Street. 
Police  Station  No.  4,  East  Dedham  Street. 
Corner  of  South  and  Summer  streets. 
Nos.  228  and  306  Tremont  Street. 

South  District. 

Police  Station  No.  4,  East  Dedham  Street. 
Police  Station  No.  6,  South  Boston. 

All  the  Truant  Officers  meet  every  Monday  morning  at  10| 
o'clock  at  the  Truant  Court  Room,  in  the  Court  House,  Court 
Square.  Also  at  12  o'clock  on  the  first  Monday  of  each 
month,  at  the  room  of  the  Superintendent  of  Schools. 


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